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Smog Mother

The strongest collection yet from a poet writing at the height of his powers. In Smog Mother, John Wall Barger asks: What is a poet without a home? Over and over he finds answers in the joy of … 104 View

Soft Power

Lyrical yet shot through with experimental and political veins, the poems in Soft Power are engaged with both the here-and-now of a world on the brink and the hope of something better, a planet … 88 View

The Forbidden Purple City

Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Award 2019 A man returns to Hoi An in his retirement to compose a poem honouring his parents. Two teenagers, ostracized in a private school, forge an unlikely … 264 View
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The Invisible World Is in Decline

Book IX

The stunning conclusion to a 40-year poetic project In the tradition of earlier modernist long poems like Ezra Pound’s Cantos and bp Nichol’s The Martyrology, The Invisible World Is … 98 View

The Iron Bridge

Shortlisted, Danuta Gleed Literary Award In a bold, brilliant collection of stories, Dora Award-winning playwright Anton Piatigorsky delivers a superbly inspired inquiry into the early lives of … 272 View
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The Razor’s Edge

A collection of linked short stories that hopscotches between time and space to explore the haunting hunger that reaches beyond the physical and into the spiritual—for love, for … 156 View

War / Torn

Lambda Literary Award-winner Hasan Namir’s debut collection of poetry, War / Torn, is a brazen and lyrical interrogation of religion and masculinity—the performance and sense of … 115 View
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ZOM-FAM

In their debut poetry collection, Kama La Mackerel mythologizes a queer/trans narrative of and for their home island, Mauritius. Composed of expansive lyric poems, ZOM-FAM (meaning … 122 View
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From: Blowing Grass Empire

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Blowing Grass Empire (i) – This Is a Poem – Clothesline – Loralee – Washing Dishes – After the Stroke – Hell – Small-town Prostitutes – Orbital … 23 $2.30 Add
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Excess + the Feminine

From: Permanent Revolution

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Excess + the Feminine 13 $1.30 Add
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Hazel & Christopher

From: A Dream of a Woman

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1 – Hazel & Christopher 22 $2.20 Add
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Part One

From: Poetry Is Queer

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1- First Lines – Poetry Is Queer – "There is but a single success story" – "It was a pleasure just to light" – "I am a professional … 21 $2.10 Add
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the invocation

From: ZOM-FAM

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Tied Up

From: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

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High Priestess, Song on Tongue, So soon as the front of you, Tied Up, Because I Am Beatrice 10 $2.00 Add
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Verses

From: Text Messages

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1 – False Start – Anxious Balloons – Self-Censored Phone Chip – Us – Rap Life – Dear Father(s) – Baghdad: A Jewel the Thief Kept Trying to Steal—It … 70 $7.00 Add
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From: Blowing Grass Empire

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The Anthem of Our Failure – Tuesday, 3:00 a.m. – First Memory – First Adventure – First Bike – First Album – First Love – First Apartment – Tragedy … 17 $1.70 Add