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Back then Hazel and I lived in a basement apartment on Northumberland Street, near Ossington and Bloor -- at night you could sense the subwa...

Many years ago Stan Bevington caught me going through the recycling bins outside the Coach House on bpNichol Lane. I was looking for paper t...

A little while ago Hazel and I went out to an event called Long Winter. It was largely a musical showcase, featuring a number of musicians i...

Last week I was at an event that included a panel of music experts. Asked to sum up their thoughts about upcoming music in 2014, there were ...

Ever since Stuart Ross posted a link on Facebook to what the author claims will be his last story published during his lifetime, I have been...

I almost met fightclub dude Chuck Palahniuk today getting off the plane from Toronto in Calgary for Wordfest. We would have rode from the ai...

Yesterday I had thanksgiving dinner dinner with my inlaws in London. Among those present was a couple who had arrived unannounced. I learned...

Last summer my family went on a trip to California. We landed in San Francisco and immediately started exploring. I'm not sure if I can ...

Sometimes standing in line gives you the opportunity to write a few lines, even if you are standing in line for no particular reason. Maybe ...

TIMELY IRREVERENCE Vancouver Launch, Saturday 13 April 2013: 7:45PM WESTERN FRONT 305 E. 8th Avenue Toronto Launch, Saturday 20 April...

Last week I finished aka bpNichol, a preliminary biography by Frank Davey. I can honestly say that it was probably one of the strangest tex...

All this kaffuffle with the Globe & Mail "letting go" or "reassigning" Martin Levin and Jack Kirchhoff from the Book...

Come out on 31 January to see me and Michael Menegon jam music and poetry together into an evening of unpredictable entertainment. There ...

I was gone for a while again. Not that I actually went anywhere. But it is now 2013 -- and i turned 42 -- isn't that strange? It seems l...

This week I wound up thinking a lot about why I do what I do from the point of view that we are defined by what we do to earn money -- the ...

It has been ages since I wrote anything here on this blog. I have often begun to write out my thoughts on something and then suddenly hit a ...

It seems I have forgotten how to write. And while that might seems like a troubling thing for a writer, at the same time, I don't seem t...

In a few days The Long Poem Workshop at the Toronto New School of Writing will kick off. Twelve students will join me for twelve weeks in a...

Great time last night at Melville House in Dumbo/Brooklyn where I read with three fantastic poets -- Matvei Yankelevitch, Cathy Eisenhower ...

for dfb I'm trying to think up a good comeback for your fucking kidding nope. nope.