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“A hard-won wisdom resounds through these bespoke lyric poems that glitter like crystal trees, nourished by roots of blood. While holding space to elegize what has been taken and lost, Richter never succumbs to easy bitterness, but remains open to wonder…” Kayla Czaga, author of Midway

“DeGagné crafts a compelling, cutting-edge account of fierce contests over police incursions in queer publics that deserves to be widely read.” Emma Russell, La Trobe University

“What gorgeous magic Baird excavates from human circumstance. Rich with celebration, grief, and a touch of science, When Whales Went Back to the Water navigates a labyrinth of survivals.

‘You will / grow to be a wild thing,’ Baird promises.

And isn’t that the gift we each most desire?”

Jeanann Verlee, author of PREY and others

“Here we have a debut that enters the Canadian literary arena with urgency, with gnashing teeth and music, beautiful music…. Grace negotiates lyric, image, sensation, and confession as cohesively as he unravels the esoteric riddle of queerness and male identity.” Jordan Williamson, The Temz Review