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the green notebook,
, discovering the uncorrected galley of Ron Padgett's Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard (2004) on my bookshelf,
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the green notebook,
, reading and rereading C.D. Wright, Czeslaw Milosz, Michael Redhill + Leah Souffrant,
Nov 5
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October 2025
this weekend: TIFA Small Press Fair + Meet the Presses' 2025 Indie Lit Market!
, in which you can catch me attempting to sell books, including the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025),
Oct 28
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the green notebook,
, further notes from spring: reading Diane di Prima's 1985 Charles Olson lecture, and Grant Faulkner’s The art of brevity. crafting the very short…
Oct 22
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Oct 18, Plan 99 : the Ottawa launch of the book of sentences,
Please join us for a special event on October 18th to launch and celebrate three new poetry collections by rob mclennan…
Oct 13
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The Museum of Practical Things
, some notes from within the current work-in-progress,
Oct 9
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September 2025
the green notebook,
further notes from a Vancouver spring: Larry Sawyer (d. 2025), Meredith + Peter Quartermain reading William Carlos Williams, and Fred Wah as well, and…
Sep 30
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Meet the Presses: a pre-H of a Night; i am reading tonight via zoom!
, virtual event, 7-8:30pm EDT : with myself, Salma Hussain, Shannon Lintott, Ágnes Cserháti + Dagne Forrest,
Sep 29
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Trace, (above/ground press, 2013)
, offering the text of an out-of-print chapbook,
Sep 25
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2025 Ottawa Book Awards shortlist : On Beauty: stories,
, in which i would like to thank the academy, etc.
Sep 18
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the green notebook,
, some notes from earlier this spring; reading Dodie Bellamy in the Air Canada Lounge, en route to Vancouver,
Sep 17
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the book of sentences
, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,
Sep 9
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