a
series of video recordings of contemporary poets reading from their work,
prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellations, shut-downs and
isolations; a reading series you can enjoy in the safety of your own protected
space,
Emily
Izsak :
from Never Have I Ever (“Been Drunk,” “Split a Sundae with Frank
O’Hara,” and “Cried Over Mini-Golf”)
Emily Izsak
is the author of Whistle Stops: A Locomotive Serial Poem (Signature
Editions, 2017), Twenty Five (above/ground press, 2018) and Stickup (shuffaloff/Eternal
Network, 2015). Her work has been published in Arc Poetry Magazine, The
Puritan, House Organ, Cough, CV2, The Doris,
and The Hart House Review. In 2014 she was selected as PEN Canada’s New
Voices Award nominee. Emily currently writes clickbait so she can afford rent
in Toronto. She also married a doctor, so that helps.
Adam
Clay :
“Only Child (III)”
Adam Clay
is the author of To Make Room for the Sea (Milkweed Editions, 2020), Stranger
(Milkweed Editions, 2016), A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World
(Milkweed Editions, 2012), and The Wash (Parlor Press, 2006). His poems
have appeared in Ploughshares, Denver Quarterly, Tin House,
Bennington Review, Georgia Review, Boston Review, jubilat,
Iowa Review, The Pinch, and elsewhere. He is editor-in-chief of Mississippi
Review, a co-editor of Typo Magazine, and a Book Review Editor for Kenyon
Review. He directs the Center for Writers at the University of Southern
Mississippi.
émilie
kneifel :
“grocery story” previously published in Lighthouse Journal, “<3”
previously published in Unbroken
émilie
kneifel
is a sick fish, goo fish, they fish, blue fish (critic, poet, editor, and
co-creator of playd8s, a show for you if you need it). find 'em at
emiliekneifel.com, @emiliekneifel, and in Tiohtiáke, hopping and hoping
Chris
Johnson :
“Social Media” (battleaxe press broadside, 2016), “Without Discrimination” from
Phyllis, I have never spoke your name (In/Words Press, 2013)
Chris
Johnson
is the Managing Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine. He currently lives in
Ottawa, which is located on unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe
Nation. His recent chapbooks include Listen, Partisan! (Frog Hollow
Press, 2016) and Gravenhurst (above/ground press, 2019). @ceeeejohnson
Natalee
Caple :
“So Far”
Natalee Caple
is the author of nine books of poetry and fiction. Her work has been nominated
for the KM Hunter Award, the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award, the Gerald Lampert
Memorial Award, the ReLit Award and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
Her latest novel, In Calamity’s Wake, was published in Canada by
HarperCollins and in the US by Bloomsbury. The novel in translation was
published by Boréal and has been sold separately for publication in France. Her
latest book of poetry, Love in the Chthulucene (Cthulhucene) is
published by Wolsak and Wynn. Natalee is an associate professor at Brock
University.
