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Handkerchief! Handkerchief!: About
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We’re Rob and Marta! We make our home in Vancouver, Canada, where we love to play Ultimate Frisbee, invent card games, take photos, and spend time in the outdoors. Rob is a writer. His first book of poetry, The Other Side of Ourselves. Was published in the Spring of 2011. He is also the editor of One Ghana, One Voice. We lived in Ghana in 2006-07. During that time, one of our favourite recurring memories was going to music concerts. The performers would work to energise the crowd by using similar...At wh...
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Roll of Nickels: NXNW Interview
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I was very fortunate recently to be interviewed (along with my colleague and friend Dr. Patricia Gabriel) by Sheryl MacKay for CBC's North by Northwest. The interview focused on a research project we have been working on for the last three years, which looks at if and how poetry can be used to enhance physician empathy around the diagnosis and treatment of depression. You can stream the interview here. Patricia and my part starts at 15:50). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Roll of Nickels: May Dead Poets - Tomorrow!
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May Dead Poets - Tomorrow! The next Dead Poets Reading Series. Even will take place on May 10th, 3-5 PM, Alice MacKay Room, VPL Central Branch, and will feature:. 1938 - 1983), read by Alan Hill. 1925 - 2014), read by Rhona McAdam. 1922 - 2007), read by Martha Roth. 1921 - 2004), read by Heidi Greco. 1749 - 1832), read by Graham Good. You can RSVP for the reading via Facebook here. For more info, visit our website. Please help spread the word, and if you're in Vancouver, I hope to see you there! Jennifer...
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Roll of Nickels: 12/14
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A love song to the culture. I have been specifically concerned with issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma and violence. The poems in Inheritance. What does it mean to occupy an archaic form? Kerry-Lee Powell, discussing her new book, Inheritance. In an interview with rob mclennan over at his blog. You can read the whole thing here. A powerful way to store energy. Sets you back on your heels, doesn’t it? Carmine Starnino, in interview with Melissa Bull over at PRISM international. You w...
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Roll of Nickels: July Dead Poets Lineup Announced!
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July Dead Poets Lineup Announced! The next Dead Poets Reading Series. Event will take place at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch. Alice MacKay room, on July 12th, 2015, from 3-5 PM. 1894-1962), read by DN Simmers. 1924 - 2000), read by Christine Hayvice. 1795 - 1821), read by Matthew Henley. 1917 - 1977), read by Christopher Levenson. 1916 - 2010), read by Ruth Daniell. Attendance is free. For more info, visit our website. I hope to see you there! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Surrey Po...
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Roll of Nickels: what a teeming fragment of minutiae, and yet crucial minutiae
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What a teeming fragment of minutiae, and yet crucial minutiae. In the future he must always remember to bring his pad everywhere. George Saunders, from his short story "The Falls". You can read the whole thing here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Thanks for visiting. Please take a look around. If you're looking for something specific, these tags might help:. By and with me). By others, on writing). By me, mostly older). By me, miscellania). The other side of ourselves.
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Roll of Nickels: 07/15
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Using the tools at hand - "Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra" by Elena Johnson. Spines - Elena Johnson. Spine of the sky spine of the sparrow spine of the sheep’s horn spine of the antler spine of footsteps over tundra spine of white plastic spine of unknowing spine of modern research spine of the lilting shack spine of the black spruce spine of the pika spine of the 21st-century human spine of a caribou settling into the scree. From Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra. Gaspereau Press, 2015). Was there ev...
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Roll of Nickels: 04/15
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Inside something going on inside you. You’re inside something going on inside you. David Zieroth, in interview with Kathryn Para over at Numero Cinq. You can read the whole thing here. He's into Grecian urns, so am I! I guess the things I find interesting about all three books is that relationships with tradition and contemporary. You're equally comfortable discussing Twain and Maupassant as John Stamos and Beyoncé. What about the Internet as a place, but more specifically social media as a place? This S...
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Roll of Nickels: using the tools at hand - "Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra" by Elena Johnson
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Using the tools at hand - "Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra" by Elena Johnson. Spines - Elena Johnson. Spine of the sky spine of the sparrow spine of the sheep’s horn spine of the antler spine of footsteps over tundra spine of white plastic spine of unknowing spine of modern research spine of the lilting shack spine of the black spruce spine of the pika spine of the 21st-century human spine of a caribou settling into the scree. From Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra. Gaspereau Press, 2015). Was there ev...
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