Lovely review of White Shirt from George Elliott Clarke in Sunday’s Halifax Chronicle Herald: “White Shirt announces itself with stunning cover art by MacFayden herself. The cover art, Allegra, its violent lashings and splatters of paint, testifies to MacFayden’s sensibility: Her work is ejaculations, vivid, colourful, clashing, all indelibly marking the white page. Her first […]
Author: Laurie MacFayden
a little bit sweaty
My debut manuscript, White Shirt, was one of 10 titles selected for Dektet 2010, a 10-pack of Canadian poetry published by Frontenac House in honour of their 10th anniversary. The books were released five months ago with launch parties in Edmonton and Calgary at the end of April. Finally, the Toronto leg of the promo […]
dear mary o,
dear mary o, the soft animal of my body is in crisis. i went to the river and got turned back by mosquitoes, of all things. i went to the forest and got turned back by sadness. i sat in the long grass turned my eyes to the sky and was blinded by impatience. it […]
webspametry
you wrote that you looking moped rental and chicago here you have all what I found: put down your brush comet holds the secret to life after he cheats cup of tea the answer why women really love wearing shoes tori spelling’s dress: sad, limp and purple how long does meat keep in your fridge? […]
Frontenac/Dektet poets climbin’ the charts
Pages On Kensington’s (Calgary) Bestseller List (May 2, 2010) Original Edition Fiction and Poetry 1. Beatrice and Virgil – Yann Martel 2. Other Family – Joanna Trollope 3. Love Market – Carol Mason 4. Hypoderm – Weyman Chan 5. Children of Ararat – Keith Garebian 6. Fallacies of Motion – William Nichols 7. (Sic) – Nikki Reimer 8. Confessions […]
5 minutes avec chemise blanche
on the nightstand: outliers by malcolm gladwell; left hook by george bowering on the iPod: david gray; emmylou harris; the supremes; abba; kd lang; the fugitives; justin rutledge; kate rusby; laura love; rufus wainwright what white shirt had for breakfast: egg, potato, spinach & red bean burrito; two coffees with homo milk SAY WORD / […]
a white shirt goes with everything
Greetings, poetry lovers. My book White Shirt (Frontenac House; $15.95) is hot off the press and now available for purchase. “In this debut collection, best friends scream downhill on their ten-speed bikes; a tree planter spells out her lover’s name in seedlings; and a mysterious entity steps out of the mist in Stanley Park. The […]
poetry immersion 101
it’s national poetry month — and what a month it is! on april 3, i had the pleasure of sharing the stage with michelle boudreau, mary pinkoski and jasmine whenham at a music & poetry shindig at the axis cafe. on april 10, edmonton’s raving poets celebrated 10 years of spoken word wonderfulness with a […]
My Canada includes Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Just days after Canada lost poet, novelist and painter P.K. Page at 93, Kate McGarrigle has left us at the far too young age of 63. Mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright (she used to be married to American folksinger Loudon Wainwright III), Kate is best known as half of Quebec’s beloved folk duo, the […]
20 minutes
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte. Killed in a 20-minute war on ‘feminists.’ Lest we forget.