Transcona Fragments

Jon Paul Fiorentino

These poems move from vivid fragments that capture the essence of Transcona—a suburban community stitched to the city of Winnipeg—to sensitive, self-referential engagement of the "lyric I"—a voice made up of melancholy, anxiety and psychotropic experience. >>

Vetiver

Joël Des Rosiers

Translated by Hugh Hazelton

Vetiver, a grass originally from the Indies, has overgrown the island of Haiti. The plant in exile becomes a symbol for the emigré in this English translation of Des Rosiers' prize-winning poetry. >>

What You Can’t Have

Michael V. Smith

From children who yearn for a knowledge and experience elusive to them, to adolescents who struggle with hidden desires, to adults unprepared for the world built around them, Michael V. Smith lends a quiet grace to his subjects' struggles to satisfy their needs. >>