Pondering Atlantic Canadian books’ insights on building a better world
by : Evelyn C. White
Poetry
“Our communities here are totally stunned, somehow finding a way to put their feet down, feel safe, and go on. My head can’t stop shaking.”
George Elliott Clarke, in his unique brand of spoken word, Africadian poetry, explores a personal subject, his great-aunt Portia White, an internationally celebrated opera contralto. His lyrical ode to her life and work is a celebration of love. He shared with ABT editor, Karalee Clerk, thoughts about his great-aunt, Portia White, and his family’s incredible creative DNA.
Though publishers, booksellers and poets certainly benefit from investing in book design and exploring strategies like in-store placement and cinepoems, much of poetry buyers’ motivations remain unknown, except to themselves.
Nuance has always been a key component of translation.
International Women’s Day Celebrates women’s rights, something we couldn’t have without the kind of feminist analysis found in these Atlantic Canadian books
Escape to Anywhere in the Cold Months
Creative narratives about environmental crisis are acts of psychological adaptation
This poetic discourse offers company, courage, dignity, defiance, and perhaps even a reprieve against sexualized violence
Snuggle down with 18 Atlantic Canadian books that are generating buzz this autumn
The maddening and delightful heterogeneity of contemporary Atlantic Canadian poetry
Alden Nowlan’s large, red-bearded legacy for the not-yet emerged
