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From Out of Nowhere explores how cities have changed the landscape for prairie poetry.

Capturing moments in time and nature, Carla Funk’s poems bring the world to a momentary standstill.

Belonging and the search for home and family are at the center of the title story, "Fatted Calf Blues." Here, a woman hitchhikes home to Alberta to see her dying father.

Endlings takes us across continents and through the long expanse of aeons to give voice to the dead.

With vicious wit, K. I. Press pries open the intimacies of our lives in her collection of poetry, Exquisite Monsters.

Welcome to the apocalypse! It was arrived . . . not with a bang, but with the white noise hum of tabloid news and the empty promise of the internet.

Poetry from beloved lead guitarist of the multi-platinum record selling legendary band Triumph Reinvention is a largely autobiographical collection of poetry — a project that followed on the heels

A moving collection of poetry about navigating mid-life, full of humour and wit, from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor.

Dear Child Once upon a time Your baba fell in love with your dad We got married and dreamt of having a baby A roller coaster of emotions and feelings We were always hopeful Lambda Literary and Ston

From the author of The Baudelaire Fractal, a poetry classic, with new work In 2004, boldly original poet Lisa Robertson published a chapbook, Rousseau's Boat, poems culled from years of notebooks t

Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship.

Uniquely perceptive poems follow the life from boyhood to icon of this celebrated poet and prophet of reggae culture, set against a backdrop of original music that echoes the Jamaican countryside w

You won't always be this sad, her mother, who also lost a son, reassures her, while a close friend encourages her to pick up the pen and write it all down.

Tracie carefully elucidates how poetry gives us a fuller perspective of the region.

Coconut is an exploration of my place in the universe as told through stories of the author's experiences of racism, sexuality, empowerment, grief, and love.