above/ground press

Alice Burdick reads w Cara Waterfall as part of Lunch Poems at SFU, February 19, 2025 (online);
Christine McNair and rob mclennan read as part of Poetry in Canada: Off the Shelf Reading Series Part 5, February 28, 2025 (Vancouver BC);
Amish Trivedi reads as part of the Visiting Writers Series, Hartwick College, April 10, 2025 (Oneonta NY);

recent and forthcoming titles from Laynie Browne, Gregory Crosby, Gwen Aube, Nada Gordon, Lydia Unsworth, Andrew Brenza, Brook Houglum, Orchid Tierney, Penn Kemp, Noah Berlatsky, Ryan Skrabalak, Terri Witek, David Phillips, Maxwell Gontarek, Nathanael O'Reilly, the suitcase poem, ed. Amanda Earl, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #44, Catriona Strang, Andy Weaver, Alice Burdick, The Peter F Yacht Club #34 : 2024 Holiday Special, Jason Heroux and Dag T. Straumsvag, Carter McKenzie, Dani Spinosa, JoAnna Novak, Julia Cohen, Susan Gevirtz, Drew McEwan, Conal Smiley, Brook Houglum, russell carisse, Sue Landers, Nate Logan, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #43, Alexander Hammond Benedict, Mckenzie Strath, John Levy, Vik Shirley, Ian FitzGerald, Peter Jaeger, ryan fitzpatrick, Scott Inniss, Shane Rhodes, Mahaila Smith, Gil McElroy, Carlos A. Pittella, Pearl Pirie, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #42, Chris Banks, M.A.C. Farrant, Helen Hajnoczky, rob mclennan, Kacper Bartczak (trans. by Mark Tardi, Ken Norris, Saba Pakdel, Hope Anderson, Sacha Archer, Peter Myers, Julia Polyck-O'Neill, Kyla Houbolt, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #41 (TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE), Dale Tracy, Phil Hall + Steven Ross Smith, The Peter F Yacht Club #33 : 2024 VERSeFest Special, Melissa Eleftherion, Jacob Wren, Katie Ebbitt, Amanda Deutch, Kyle Flemmer, Pete Smith, Micah Ballard, Clint Burnham, Angela Caporaso, Cary Fagan, Blunt Research Group, A Crown of Omnivorous Teeth: poems in honour of Chris Johnson and raccoons in general, Gary Barwin, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #40, Lydia Unsworth, Zane Koss, Ben Robinson, Colin Dardis, Aaron Tucker, Adriana Oniță, Julie Carr + rob mclennan, Stephen Collis, Rae Armantrout, Jason Christie, Nikki Reimer, Noah Berlatsky, Miranda Mellis, MLA Chernoff, Marita Dachsel, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #39,Report from the fitzpatrick Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Kevin Stebner, Meghan Kemp-Gee, Robert van Vliet, Stephen Cain, Geoffrey Olsen, Heather Cadsby, Evan Williams, Grant Wilkins, nina jane drystek, Sophia Magliocca, Jennifer Baker, Karen Massey, Jérôme Melançon, Monty Reid, Jamie Hilder, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #38, George Bowering + Artie Gold, Ryan Stearne, Brad Vogler, Andrew Gorin, Report from the Pirie Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Julia Drescher, Joseph Donato, Samuel Ace, Stuart Ross, Leesa Dean, Report from the Reimer Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #37, Jessi MacEachern, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #26, Jordan Davis, The Peter F Yacht Club #32 : 2023 VERSeFest Special, Report from the Smith Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Nick Chhoeun, Ben Jahn, William Vallières, Report from the Iijima Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Derek Beaulieu, Isabel Sobral Campos, Mark Scroggins, Laura Walker, Report from the Trivedi Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Lindsey Webb, Jason Heroux, Barbara Henning, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #25, Touch the Donkey #36, The Peter F Yacht Club #31, Douglas Glover, Report from the Hogg Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #24, Melanie Dennis Unrau, Report from the McCarthy Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Report from the Hajnoczky Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Adrienne Adams, Chris Johnson, Geoffrey Nilson, Genevieve Kaplan, Melissa Spohr Weiss, Lori Anderson Moseman, Christopher Patton, Leigh Chadwick, Report from the Mangold Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Report from the Betts Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Report from the Hall Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Touch the Donkey #34, Report from the Anstee Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, N.W. Lea, Jed Munson, David Miller, Matthew Gwathmey, Report from the Reid Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Michael Boughn, Laura Kelsey, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #23, Report from the Robinson Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Anne Tardos, Report from the Siklosi Society. Vol. 1 No. 1 + No. 2, Vivan Lewin, Wade Bell, Joanna Arnott, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #22, Rob Manery, Lillian Nećakov, Report from the Ross Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #21, Report from the Earl Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Amanda Earl, Report from the Brockwell Society. Vol. 1 No. 1, Karl Jirgens, df parizeau, Wanda Praamsma, Michael Schuffler, Calling to the Sun: Poems for Isabella Wang, Touch the Donkey #32, Natalie Simpson, Stan Rogal, the Peter F. Yacht Club #30 [the virtual issue], Sean Braune and Émilie Dionne, Urië V-J, Sarah Rosenthal, Simon Brown, Mayan Godmaire, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #20, Phil Hall, Kevin Varrone, Susan Rukeyser, Barry McKinnon, Benjamin Niespodziany, Terri Witek and Amaranth Borsuk, George Bowering, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #19, Franklin Bruno, Emily Izsak, Jen Tynes, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #18, Valerie Witte, Robert Hogg, Ken Sparling, Jessi MacEachern, Nathan Alexander Moore, Katie Naughton, Summer Brenner, Monica Mody, Kōan Anne Brink, Gregory Betts, Touch the Donkey #30, Michael Sikkema, Jamie Townsend, Conor Mc Donnell, Adam Thomlison, Alyssa Bridgman, James Lindsay, Amish Trivedi, Ava Hofmann, Sandra Moussempès (trans. Eléna Rivera), Edward Smallfield, Valerie Coulton, James Hawes, Anik See, David Dowker, Shelly Harder, Alexander Joseph, Joseph Mosconi, Brenda Iijima, Al Kratz, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #16, Saeed Tavanaee Marvi (trans. Khashayar Mohammadi), katie o'brien, N.W. Lea, Andrew Brenza, The Peter F Yacht Club #29, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #15, Dennis Cooley, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #14, rob mclennan and Gary Barwin, Kristjana Gunnars, Baron Rocco Fleetcrest-Seacobs, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #13, Cecilia Tamburri Stuart, Keith Waldrop, Amelia Does, Franco Cortese, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Billy Mavreas, Sarah Burgoyne and Susan Burgoyne, Paul Perry, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #12, Kemeny Babineau, Rose Maloukis, Sarah Burgoyne, Buck Downs, Kevin McPherson Eckhoff, Orchid Tierney, Misha Solomon, Andrew Cantrell, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #11, Michael e. Casteels + Nick Papaxanthos, Ashley Yang-Thompson + Mikko Harvey, Khashayar Mohammadi, Andrea Rexilius, Lance La Rocque, G UE S T [a journal of guest editors] #10, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #9, Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #25, George Stanley, The Peter F. Yacht Club #28 ; VERSeFest (postponement) special, Rachel Kearney, J.R. Carpenter, Guy Birchard, Razielle Aigen, Anthony Etherin, Eric Baus, Ian McCulloch, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #8, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #7, Jessica Smith, Mary Kasimor, Margaret Christakos, Allyson Paty, Hawad (trans. Jake Syersak), Simina Banu, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #6, Andrew K Peterson, Susanne Dyckman, John Newlove, Ben Meyerson, Natalie Lyalin, Michael Dennis, Jane Virginia Rohrer, Chris Turnbull, Marilyn Irwin, Conyer Clayton, Frances Boyle, Kemeny Babineau, Kate Siklosi, Mairéad Byrne, Kimberly Campanello, Kyle Kinaschuk, Gil McElroy, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #2, The Peter F. Yacht Club #27, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Claudia Coutu Radmore, Stephanie Gray, Heather Sweeney, R. Kolewe, Evan Gray, Dale Smith, Virginia Konchan, Joshua James Collis, Laura Farina, Jennifer Stella, Sarah Mangold, bodies and breath: a summer workshop anthology, Cole Swensen, MC Hyland, G U E S T [a journal of guest editors] #1, Megan Kaminski, Sara Renee Marshall, Mark Laliberte, Lisa Rawn, Sean Braune, Michael Martin Shea, Ian Dreiblatt, Uxío Novoneyra (trans. Erín Moure), Stephen Brockwell, Phil Hall / Stuart Kinmond, natalie hanna, Miguel E. Ortiz Rodríguez, Natalee Caple, Travis Sharp, Beth Ayer, Jon Boisvert, Jenna Jarvis, Lise Downe, Allison Cardon, Lea Graham, Tim Atkins, Gregory Betts + Arnold McBay, Andrew Wessels, Marthe Reed, The Peter F. Yacht Club #26, Steve McCaffery, Gary Barwin and Tom Prime, Gary Barwin and Alice Burdick, Alice Notley, Rachel Mindell, Eleni Zisimatos, Adrienne Gruber, Anna Gurton-Wachter, Matthew Johnstone, Alyssa Bridgman, Elizabeth Robinson, Eric Schmaltz, Joe Blades, Katy Lederer, Kristina Drake, Stephanie Bolster, Adele Graf, Sarah Dowling, nathan dueck, Sarah Cook, Ian Whistle, Faizal Deen, The Peter F. Yacht Club #25, Marilyn Irwin, Lisa Robertson, Jordan Abel, Sarah Fox, Jake Syersak, philip miletic, Geoffrey Young, Carrie Hunter, Sarah Swan, John Barton, Carrie Olivia Adams, Dana Claxton, Michael Turner, Christian Bök, Neil Flowers, Lesley Yalen, Braydon Beaulieu, Bronwen Tate, lary timewell, The Peter F. Yacht Club #24, Yuri Izdryk (trans. Roman Ivashkiv and Erín Moure), rob's fall 2015 poetry workshop participants, Katie L. Price, Roland Prevost, Ashley-Elizabeth Best, Hugh Thomas, Nicole Markotić, damian lopes, Jamie Bradley, Jennifer Kronovet, Kate Schapira, Susanne Dyckman, Emily Ursuliak, Eric Baus, Rachel Moritz, Janice Tokar, Sharon Harris, Noah Eli Gordon, Ben Ladouceur, Dennis Tourbin, Sarah Rosenthal, Camille Martin, Hailey Higdon, Marcus McCann, Christine McNair and rob mclennan, Rosmarie Waldrop, Jill Stengel, Wanda O'Connor, Two Dutch Poets: Hélène Gelèns and Erik Lindner, Kaia Sand, Amy Dennis, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Abby Paige, Brecken Hancock, Shannon Maguire, Mark Cochrane, Deborah Poe, Cameron Anstee, Rob Manery, George Elliott Clarke, Jay MillAr, Kathryn MacLeod, Fenn Stewart, j/j hastain, Phil Hall + Andrew Burke, Deanna Young, Barry McKinnon, Michael Blouin + Elizabeth Rainer, Eric Folsom, Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Robert Kroetsch and dozens upon dozens of others...

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