Brian Bartlett Poetry and published early poems (often

and published early poems (often comic-satiric)

Paper cuts by graphic artist Alec Dempster complement Lawson’s poems

and taught literature and creative writing at the University of Saskatchewan from 1972 until she retired in 1990

That they flew beneath the radar in Canada during his lifetime can be attributed in part to the vagaries of literary fashion: Johnston’s early verse

His poetry is tightly woven through syntax that closely responds to the movement of feeling and thought

Brian Bartlett Poetry and published early poems (oftenBrian Bartlett has published seven collections and six chapbooks of poetry. He edited several poetry books, including earlier volumes in the Essential Poets seriesThe Essential Robert Gibbs and The Essential James Reaneyand the Collected Poems of Alden Nowlan. His recent prose work includes a book of nature writing, Branches Over Ripples: A Waterside Journal (Gaspereau, 2017) and All Manner of Tackle: Prose on Poetry (Palimpsest, 2017). His work has