Monthly Archives: March 2012

Jenna Butler’s beautifully difficult remembering

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Douglas Barbour

Jenna Butler. Wells (University of Alberta Press 2012). Jenna Butler. Spindle (Snowapple Press 2012). Wells, Jenna Butler’s second full length book, takes on a difficult & grand subject, that of memory, slowly disappearing & then fully lost in a loved … Continue reading →

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Nancy Mattson’s Finns and Amazons: the personal tie to history

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Douglas Barbour

Nancy Mattson. Finns and Amazons (UK: Arrowhead Press 2012). Nancy Mattson. Lines from Karelia (with letters by Lisi Hirvonen, translated by Iiris Pursiainen) (UK: Arrowhead Press 2011). Finns and Amazons is a large book, both in size & in vision, … Continue reading →

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