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Referendum Trudeau

He campaigned in poetry but governed in prose

Jeff Costen

Rinkside Reading

What does hockey’s literature say about the sport?

Naoko Asano

Alarm Bells

Fort McMurray and fires hence

Bob Armstrong
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Andrea McPherson

Andrea MacPherson is the author of two novels, Beyond the Blue (Vintage, 2008) and When She Was Electric (Polestar, 2003), and three poetry collections, Ellipses (Signature Editions, 2014), Away (Signature Editions, 2008) and Natural Disasters (Palimpsest Press, 2007). Her poetry has also been anthologized in How the Light Gets In. Andrea holds a master’s of fine arts from the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia, where she was editor of Prism International. She has also been the reviews editor for Event Magazine. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of the Fraser Valley.

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the things we buried

March 2014
  I The shining jewel button from my grandmother’s sweater; small, quick hands thread unravelled and then tucked away — the shimmer kept safe (momentarily) in my pocket. Feel the rub of it against my palm all day. Imagine its secret sparkle.   Wordless when she asks me to search for the missing button. It’s always…