in his poetry, fiction and poetics, rob mclennan often writes about the importance of place and geography. "house: a (tiny) memoir" rob tells us about his childhood in Glengarry County by way of old family photos, his own memories and recollections from family.
"Home is a series of recollections, of distances, as easily remembered as mis-remembered, and a blending of events that can sometimes never be confirmed. …And why write as a "memoir" instead of calling them "prose poems"? I want these stories not to be misunderstood; I want them to be seen as what I remember, what I believe to be true, from my vantage point of some three decades later, and thousands of miles. It felt like reclaiming something that had been far away for a very long time, but no longer. It felt like bringing out the good out from underneath all the bad that came later, overshadowing so much of what had happened before." rob mclennan
$5; Limited Edition of 50 copies. ISBN: 978-0-9783780-7-3
in "over my dead corpus" Pearl Pirie offers up a feast of sounds, playful and thoughtful poems culled from the corpus of the world. "The main source corpus is over 500 pages of scrap notes that served as fodder for recombinance. Words or phrases were scraped for letter sequences within syllable or that broke across syllable or word. The other corpus is incidental word combinations from scrabble strung in the mind's insistence for meaning or sound." Pearl Pirie
$5; Limited Edition of 50 copies. ISBN: 978-1-926786-00-1
Alert by Ben Ladouceur is a collection of poetry that will take you to Nunavut and set your dreams howling. In lines as long and fragile as icicles in early spring, you will find salt and tulips and deranged weeds, Danes and a gentleman of snow. A recent graduate of Carleton University and a stalwart of Ottawa's literary scene, Ben is leaving Ottawa for the wilds of the UK. His rugged and sensual poetry, served to you on fine linen sheets, will warm you in the cold winter nights to come. $5; Limited Edition of 50 copies. ISBN 978-0-9783780-9-7
Get "Pent Up," the latest chapbook published by AngelHousePress and featuring the poetry of Sandra Ridley, Pearl Pirie, Amanda Earl, Marcus McCann and Roland Prevost. Five Ottawa writers play dominoes with sound and language. This is the second chapbook of the as yet unnamed poetry group, following "Whack of Clouds" published in 2008. $5.00. 978-0-9783780-8-0.
"Ursula" by Amanda Earl is a long poem about Ursula who wanders city streets and back alleys while having visions of Saint Ursula, the patron saint of lost girls, said to have been massacred along with 11,000 virgins en route to her wedding ceremony to a young Pagan prince. AHP has designed and published a limited and colourful pocket size chapbook in 26 copies. $5.00. 978-0-9783780-6-6.
"Secret Vespers: I Only Pretend to Hide" gives the reader 28 vignettes that reflect Patrick Edwards-Daughterty's witty and wistful views of day-to-day life. $6.00 limited edition of 50 copies on cotton. ISBN: 978-0-9783780-4-2.
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"Compositions" by Jamie Bradley and Brenda Dunn is a fevered tumble of sensuality, art, and passion. The art reflects the moods and tones of the poetry in the form of a defiant woman in shades of red and black. The chapbook's rough cotton pages serve to represent the dream-like intensity of the contents. $6.00; limited edition of 50 copies. ISBN: 978-0-9783780-5-9
"Signs of the Apocalypse" is a sporadic magazine published in the form of nuclear bomb-resistant broadsheets. AHP dips its wings into history and current apocalyptic anxiety to offer an alphabetical reflection of the end of the world. $3.00; The first issue is available in 26 copies.
"Whack of Clouds" by Amanda Earl, Nicholas Lea, Marcus McCann, Pearl Pirie and Roland Prevost is a limited edition 54 copy deck of poems featuring slights of word, shredded cards, and magic tricks; ISBN: 978-0-9783780-3-5. $5.00; only a few copies remain!
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