Anatomy of Keys
August 19, 2010 by Leah Rae
Down in Gastown is an antique store whose basement floor is home to a large bank of antique cabinets, each drawer of which contains a different trinket. There are magic tricks and hand creams and wind-up toys and soap and candy, but it is the process of opening each drawer, the moment of anticipation and errant discovery that is the draw. This same process can be experienced while reading Steven Price’s Anatomy of Keys, a debut book of poetry that explores the life of Harry Houdini.
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About the Author
Leah Rae’s work has been published in EVENT, The Antigonish Review, Room of One’s Own, The Claremont Review, Antithesis, and W49th. She regularly contributes to Geist magazine. Her work has been anthologized in From This New World and the Best of the Claremont Review and has been shortlisted for the ARC Poem of the Year contest. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from UBC. She is the managing editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine.
McPoems
January 18, 2010 by Daniel Zomparelli
It’s 3 a.m. and your stomach is rumbling. You know only a handful of places are open. Golden arches appear on the horizon as you drive home. You wouldn’t have to get out of the car, it’s cheap and you haven’t tasted grease in days. Fuck it. You go for the fast food. You pull up, and a young squeaky voiced man hands you a burger. Little do you know that young man is a poet.
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About the Author
Daniel Zomparelli is the editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine. He currently runs the Community Creative Writing Project for Megaphone Magazine. He is on the editorial board of Geist and formerly worked at Adbusters magazine. His work has been published and is forthcoming in magazines and anthologies across Canada. He is currently completing his first manuscript of poetry.
Rocksalt
January 18, 2010 by Daniel Zomparelli
If there was ever any doubt that British Columbia contains a considerable number of poets, Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary B.C. Poetry—with its roster of 108 B.C. poets—will surely set the record straight. This epic anthology, which tours the entire west coast, brings all of the up-and-coming poets to the forefront.
tags Sean Horlor Rocksalt Rob Taylor Rita Wong Rachel Rose Kate Braid Daphne Marlatt Colin Fulton Betsy Warland
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About the Author
Daniel Zomparelli is the editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine. He currently runs the Community Creative Writing Project for Megaphone Magazine. He is on the editorial board of Geist and formerly worked at Adbusters magazine. His work has been published and is forthcoming in magazines and anthologies across Canada. He is currently completing his first manuscript of poetry.
Moving Day
January 18, 2010 by Leah Rae
Moving Day By Terence Young
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About the Author
Leah Rae’s work has been published in EVENT, The Antigonish Review, Room of One’s Own, The Claremont Review, Antithesis, and W49th. She regularly contributes to Geist magazine. Her work has been anthologized in From This New World and the Best of the Claremont Review and has been shortlisted for the ARC Poem of the Year contest. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from UBC. She is the managing editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine.
The Cold Panes of Surface
January 18, 2010 by Leah Rae
The Cold Panes of Surfaces By Chris Banks
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This story appears in Poetry Is Dead issue 1. If you like it online, you'll love it in print. Subscribe Now »
About the Author
Leah Rae’s work has been published in EVENT, The Antigonish Review, Room of One’s Own, The Claremont Review, Antithesis, and W49th. She regularly contributes to Geist magazine. Her work has been anthologized in From This New World and the Best of the Claremont Review and has been shortlisted for the ARC Poem of the Year contest. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from UBC. She is the managing editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine.
Vancouver: A Poem
January 18, 2010 by Norbert Ruebsaat
The idea that your mind could hold a city within itself and that a city could be a kind of group mind, was exciting when many of us first read William Carlos William’s book-length poem, Paterson, in the 1960s. Williams’ suggestion to give our attention to the things immediately around us, to “the local,” in order to experience a place directly, uninterrupted by inherited ideas or wayward thoughts, excited many.
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Norbert Ruebsaat teaches Media and Communication studies in Vancouver. He is a regular contributor to Geist magazine and his memoir “Golden Pine” can be read at dooneyscafe.com.
