Literary Editor Carissa Kasper sat down with Talonbooks author Jónína Kirton for an in-depth discussion about culture, place, and the healing power of poetry. “Poetry has changed me, opening creative ways for me to express what I feel and think in exciting and creative ways.…
New this week is a book review of the debut poetry collection by Niki Koulouris, The sea with no one in it, from Ontario small press, The Porcupine’s Quill. Niki Koulouris was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is a graduate of the University of Melbourne…
Fire season is here again in British Columbia. With temperatures rising and summer just around the corner, we are reminded of poet Jonathan Pankratz’s work about his experience as a forest fire fighter, poems that are as unique as they are haunting. From, “Wildfire on…
Back in November 2014, Zsuzsi Gartner appeared at KPU as a part of the “Women Writers: How Do They Work” panel. Pulp Managing Editor Stephanie Peters got to ask her a few great questions like this one: I’m struck by the use of reoccurring motifs in…
Are we on a journey of extinction or redemption? Kirsten Sedore asks big questions about the physical and psychological nature of the human relationship with the world. The seven large, free standing paintings in Descent with Modification show a physical evolutionary progression through space. The…
We are going deep into the Archive this week for a selection from our inaugural issue, Questionable Methods Of Political Socialization by Simon Massey, a funny and searing work of creative non-fiction. “Grow up with a slight ambivalence toward authority, picture yourself as “hard-edged.” Listen to…