Chaudiere Books author Pearl Pirie interviewed in ottawater #7

by Kemptville poet Chris Turnbull; http://www.ottawater.com/

little tiny review of Pearl Pirie's been shed bore,

"The mysterious financial and postal divides were crossed, and I got Pearl Pirie's "Been Shed Bore" from Ottawa.The promos are packed with some very complex tropes and ricochets somewhat like post-av, but inside I found some highly refined linguistic acrobatics, riffing, and lang-flirt as in "just kiss me then":
"...
a tangle, a lip of the tongue,
some flaw in the ointment
the flu in the augment? more/less
the fly in the argyleness,
the flay in the target, bite some
sorry for that sleep of the tonne
..."
Maybe it was the dire week, but the
clever little 10-20 line engines
of brilliant sass hit the spot this weekend."


the rest of his post here; thanks!

Two upcoming Marcus McCann readings, Cobourg + Toronto;

Ottawa/Toronto poet Marcus McCann has two upcoming events:

* Brockton Writers Series (April 6, 7pm. St Anne's Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. Toronto. Free/PWYC.

* Cobourg Poetry Workshop, with Glenda Jackson and Wayne Schlepp, July 21, 2011. Doors at 7:00 pm. Reading at 7:30pm. 66 King St E, Cobourg, ON.

photo credit: Michael Erickson,

Chaudiere author Anita Dolman at The Dusty Owl Reading Series, Jan 16;

Ottawa writer Anita Dolman (featured in Decalogue: ten Ottawa poets) is featured at the Dusty Owl Reading Series, Sunday January 16, 5pm; open set and featured reader; see her "12 or 20 questions" here;

Chaudiere Books author Pearl Pirie at the Pivot Reading Series, Toronto

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

8pm-10pm

The Press Club, 850 Dundas Street West, Toronto

The Pivot with Ottawa’s own Pearl Pirie, reading from Been Shed Bore (Chaudiere Books) alongside Carolyn Smart + Adam Seelig; admission free, three featured readers every second Wednesday;

http://www.beenshedbore.com/readings.html
http://www.chaudierebooks.com/books/beenshedbore.html
http://www.pivotreadings.wordpress.com/