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What a nice surprise to find this treasure in my mailbox today: the 2020 Best Canadian Poetry anthology. The pleasure of having my work included was considerable, but it’s even greater now that I see the poets among whose work my little poems are nestled — some familiar names (Amber Dawn, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Margaret…
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UPDATE: Episode 2 of Le Moncton Studio Video Radio Show, which was postponed, has now been rescheduled! The show will be broadcoast Monday, September 21, 2020, at 7pm EST (8pm ATL). You can find the relevant info and links here: https://www.facebook.com/events/608291316716135/ [ORIGINAL POST:] How’s your pandemic going? My primary observation about it is that it…
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Every year, the NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick, premieres a whole slate of brand new plays. To me, it is the most exciting this about the festival: it encourages the creation of new work and creates an audience for it, something that most theater companies are downright sluggish about attempting. This year,…
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I’m delighted to share that my new chapbook, Clean Margins, recent winner of the Harbor Review Editor’s Prize, is out now. You can read it here! My sincerest thanks to Allison Blevins and the whole gang at the Harbor Review for inviting these poems in and presenting them so beautifully. Kind words: In the midst…
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In the past month or two since the social-distancing measures have been in place, the crew at the Franco-American Programs of the University of Maine in Orono has hosted weekly on-line events that they’re calling “Kitchen Table Talks.” The talks have explored everything from the role of the French in the American Revolutionary War to…
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I’m pleased and humbled that my chapbook, Clean Margins, has been awarded the Harbor Review Editor’s Prize. This small collection of poems will be published on Harbor Review’s site in the coming weeks. My thanks go out to editor Allison Blevins and her gang, and I send my sincere congratulations to the other finalists. I’m…
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How are you holding up? Where I live, we are into our third week of social distancing. We are grateful to be in the safety and comfort of our home while others are out, facing down the uncertainty of these days at greater risk. If you have the ability to stay home, I hope you…
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POSTPONED: (March 14) I’m sorry to share that Theatre New Brunswick’s upcoming production of Heroine has been postponed until COVID-19 runs its course. If you can, I urge you to make a donation to an arts organization near you or to choose an individual artist to support during this difficult time. Many artists and institutions…
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The second issue of Résonance is live now. The on-line literary journal, hosted by the University of Maine, is dedicated to Franco-American voices, and this issue includes some wonderful ones, like Ernie Hebert, Elizabeth Kadetsky, and Robert Perreault. My contribution, Review Essay: The Poetry of Connie Voisine, is a retrospective look at the work of…
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It’s that time of year, when the contemplative warmth of early winter and its holidays gives way to colder days and the chilled rush of newness that a new year brings. All the projects that we postponed show up, suddenly ready to be tended to, and I find myself happy to see them, ready to…
ABBY PAIGE 