Echoes of the Troubadour: A Review of In a Cage of Sunlight: The Works of Joseph Maviglia, Selected and New
Joseph Maviglia’s debut verse collection, Movietown, appeared in 1989, 36 years ago.…
Reviews
In Laura’s Uncovering, John Calabro Weaves a Tale of Two Eras
In Laura’s Uncovering (Ekstasis 2024), Toronto author John Calabro has crafted a…
Love and War in Genni Gunn’s The Cipher
With The Cipher (Signature Editions 2024, 239 p.), Genni Gunn has written a masterful…
Delusions of Empire: A Review of Francesco Filippi’s But We Built Roads for Them
One of the ironies of the Italic-skippered “discoveries” of the Caribbean and the…
To Seize the World: A Review of Carmela Circelli’s Love and Rain
Carmela Circelli’s Love and Rain (Guernica, 2023) is a beautifully written novel often…
She Deserves to Be Happy: The Illusion of Choice in Michaela Di Cesare’s Extra/Beautiful/U
Michaela Di Cesare’s new play, Extra/Beautiful/U, premiered at Montreal’s Centaur…
A Review of Domenico Capilongo’s 1972
In one sense, 1972 is an extension of some of Domenico Capilongo’s past work. Once…
A Stroll Through Mark Frutkin’s The Walled Garden
While hoeing his garden one day – so the story goes – Saint Francis of Assisi was…
Exposing the Soft Underbelly of the Legal System: A Review of Darlene Madott’s Winners and Losers
I approached Winners and Losers, Darlene Madott’s latest literary offering, with high…
Poetry with Purpose: A Review of George Elliott Clarke’s J’Accuse
In his latest book, J’Accuse, Poems Versus (Exile Editions, 2021) George Elliott Clarke…