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rob mclennan
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poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
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MC Hyland, Walks & Weathers
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MC Hyland, Walks & Weathers
You said I’m trying to keep this walk light because you are generous and did not want to tire me. We saw your old bicycle still chained to...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"In Starry Starry Night, one major challenge was staying away from the usual story-telling ideas of the need for arc and denouement. This is tied to the reason for me calling this work autofiction." Check out Shani Mootoo in conversation with rob mclennan.
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Shani Mootoo
Shani Mootoo’s novels include Starry Starry Night , Polar Vortex , and Cereus Blooms at Night . A four-time nominee for the Giller Prize, h...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This is so true! Thank you Rob! @robmclennan.bsky.social !
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@robmclennan.bsky.social is always doing the most for all of us & everyone in poetry should be thankful every day! & should buy a few above/ground chapbooks to show it!!

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November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Today, a very dear friend and a titan of Canadian letters will transition from this life. Godspeed you, Barry, you will see Karen soon. We love you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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@robmclennan.bsky.social is always doing the most for all of us & everyone in poetry should be thankful every day! & should buy a few above/ground chapbooks to show it!!

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November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet / @pw.org @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)
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Penn Kemp : For You, Dear Friend and Fellow Poet
for Barry Dempster (January 17, 1952-November 27, 2025)     Thank you for your being, Barry, for your care and kindest attention t...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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MC Hyland, Walks & Weathers
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MC Hyland, Walks & Weathers
You said I’m trying to keep this walk light because you are generous and did not want to tire me. We saw your old bicycle still chained to...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Thankful today for @robmclennan.bsky.social’s single-handed effort at sustaining an entire side of the poetry world.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Emma McKenna : How Does a Poem Begin? / @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
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Emma McKenna : How Does a Poem Begin?
How does a poem begin?       I want to tell you about the body / where the hurt / heat / hate resounds. I want you to notice the f...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Wendy Donawa / @harbourpublishing.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Wendy Donawa
Wendy Donawa [photo credit: Chris Hancock Donaldson] left her natal Victoria as a young woman to settle in Barbados. She attended the Unive...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #232 : Ian Li
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Six Questions interview #232 : Ian Li
Ian Li (he/him) is a Chinese-Canadian economist, developer, writer, and poet, who started writing in late 2023 after a lifetime of believ...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Spotlight series #115 : Anna Veprinska / @annaveprinska.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #115 : Anna Veprinska
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Jérôme Melançon @lethejerome.bsky.social : Jacky, by Virginie Beauregard D.
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Jérôme Melançon : Jacky, by Virginie Beauregard D.
Jacky , Virginie Beauregard D. L’Oie de Cravan, 2025       As I found myself fanboying among a small crowd of friends and readers late a...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Eric Tyler Benick : on Ursus Americanus
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Eric Tyler Benick : on Ursus Americanus
Ursus Americanus was formed in 2016 out of a reading series I ran briefly in Nashville, TN called “Life is Boring.” I had r...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Marie de Quatrebarbes, The Vitals (translated from the French by Aiden Farrell,
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Marie de Quatrebarbes, The Vitals (translated from the French by Aiden Farrell,
The Vitals , Marie de Quatrebarbes Translated from the French by Aiden Farrell New York NY: World Poetry Books, 2025 originally appeared in ...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Chris Stroffolino : A Note on The Title: The Word Medi(t)ation
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Chris Stroffolino : A Note on The Title: The Word Medi(t)ation
“a person (the poet) has no irreducible, ahistorical, unmediated, singular, eternal identity.”— Lyn Hejinian Meditation is the actio...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Michael Klausman : on Wry Press
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Michael Klausman : on Wry Press
In 2016 or so, my friend & neighbor Patrick Tillery here in Longmont, Co, had a line on a sweet deal for a 10x15 Chandler & Price ...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems / @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
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Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems
guzzle XIII balcony collapsing, the roof rotting through, low rent; i’ll live here as long as i can.  nowhere to turn to that isn’t...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Hugh Blanton : A Romp Through Poetry's History: On Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse / @sevenstories.bsky.social ;
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Hugh Blanton : A Romp Through Poetry's History: On Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse
In the razo to Context Collapse Ryan Ruby explains the reasons he wrote this verse essay and defines his terms. Like a lot of poe...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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this was my approach in my early 20s; i had no resources, so reviewing, interviewing, hosting readings etc allowed me fresh material (review/media copies) of new books constantly, with the bonus that i was providing essential service to writing and writers on a ground level,
karidru.bsky.social Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 1d
My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.

You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
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"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."

stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.

Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Jeremy Luke Hill chapbook launch in Elora + Holiday Book Tasting,
Jeremy Luke Hill launches his above/ground press chapbook, a burrow, a nest, a lea stone (2025) at the Elora Public Library alongside Tom...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
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a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan on above/ground press in which they (also) each read from recent work...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Jeremy Luke Hill chapbook launch in Elora + Holiday Book Tasting,
Jeremy Luke Hill launches his above/ground press chapbook, a burrow, a nest, a lea stone (2025) at the Elora Public Library alongside Tom...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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“At times, the prose is subtle, quiet, beautifully straightforward; other times, propulsive, almost breathlessly so, rushing.” @robmclennan.bsky.social reviews Fenn Stewart's new collection women & roosters. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/fenn...
Fenn Stewart, women & roosters
the earth’s on fire so I go camping woodsmoke & damp sea air I know you hate camping, but it’s a thing I do you’re gonna have to get used ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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We are displaying the 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show at #UAlberta. Alan Brownoff designed one of the winning covers, for ON BEAUTY by @robmclennan.bsky.social‬ .
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View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM