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WOODS | PAGESWOODS | PAGES

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Woods | Pages, Jay MillAr’s new collection, furthers his exploration of the natural world, which those familiar with his work will recall from Mycological Studies (Coach House, 2002) and False Maps and Other Creatures (Nightwood, 2005). But what can words do that the leaf can’t, that the tree’s crackle can’t? Here, on these pages, is a fine and meditative stoicism.

 

SuspendedSuspended: a short thesis in 7 parts

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Imagine that you're hungry, perhaps scratching your head, half asleep. You have an irresistible craving for chilpote-lime mustard and it's way past midnight. Too many questions are ringing in your head, such as "What are all these Elephants doing in my apartment?"

Our first release of 2008, Kate Hall's collection is a playful yet philosophical contemplation of the natural (and not-so-natural) world around us...

 

Residual residual

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The second of our 2006 releases, Souvankham Thammavongsa's residual is a spare and discerning gathering of poems presented in an edition of 100 handbound & numbered copies.
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Those Girls Those Girls

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Now out of print, Jessica Westhead's debut collection of short stories, Those Girls, explores modern suburban life with pathos, wit and razor-sharp dialogue.

 

Life, Still & OtherwiseLife, Still & Otherwise

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From "The Boys of Smith Street" to "The Meat Painter," Queyras captures moments assembled in eerily beautiful tableaux vivants. Descriptive and rich, each piece in this new collection comes to life in the reader's mind.

 

tengo sedtengo sed

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Shane Rhodes' collection is a series of prose poems, lyrics and other complaints that chronicle a movement between Mexico and Canada. Beautiful and mocking, serious and playful, these poems ask a simple, but pertinent question: how does one translate place?

 

The Land BeyondThe Land Beyond

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Rader's poems are creepy tales of grieving and memory, giving the West Coast imaginary a stark, almost rustic gothic as it is hardly ever seen.

 


this cake is for the partythis cake is for the party

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These character-driven stories follow a number of couples as they walk the hazardous line of trust and affection while dining with their closest friends.

 

The Eye-Shift of SurfaceThe Eye-Shift of Surface

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Anti-confessional in tone these playful associations challenge the transparent notion that “I” sees everything.

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