Wednesday, July 1, 2020

July 2020 Update

Recent Publications
A limerick titled [with the lockdown] was selected as one of the ten winning entries for On the Premises mini-contest #45. This contest called for limericks about “how you feel about life today” in the midst of the pandemic. You can find my entry along with the other selected poems at: https://onthepremises.com/minis/mini_45/

A poem titled “Do Androids Dream, Indeed” appeared in Polar Borealis, Issue 15, June 2020:

http://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/POLAR-BOREALIS-15-June-2020.pdf

My review of Edward M. Langille's The Story of Lillian Burke was published in the Miramichi Reader online June 13, 2020. This story details the life and times of an American woman whose connection with Alexander Graham Bell's family brought her to Cape Breton on visits. It was here that she helped to establish a rug hooking home industry for the women of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, providing a much-appreciated way of bringing cash income into their homes. A link to the review is below:

https://miramichireader.ca/2020/06/the-story-of-lillian-burke-by-edward-m-langille/

My review of Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Brightness Long Ago was included in Speculative North.

Reviews of The Truth About Snails by J.D. DeHart (Red Dashboard LLC, 2014) and The Gates of Never by Deborah L. Davitt (Finishing Line Press, October 2019) were posted on the Star*Line reviews site, and excerpts will be included in Star*Line Issue 43.3. A review of War written by Alessandro Manzetti and Marge Simon and illustrated by Stefano Cardoselli (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018) will also appear in Star*Line 43.3, as well as ultimately appearing in full form on the online reviews site. To see the reviews online, click on the year of publication and search or scroll to the appropriate review. Link to the reviews site is below:

https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/slreviews.html


What I’m Working On
I still have several short stories in process; trying to make progress as time permits. Also working through commitments for two additional poetry book reviews, and just received a copy of Wounded Hearts: Memories of the Halifax Protestant Orphans’ Home by Lois Legge for review.