Spin-Off Event: What Time Can’t Touch Amherstburg Launch
If you’re not familiar with the publishing practicum class at the University of Windsor, it’s an excellent class led by Marty Gervais in which students publish a book themselves and…
Where the Map Begins: Windsor Through Poetry
“The lines of these poems urge us to look at ourselves. This is our story, mapped in the patterns of roads, houses, and storefronts that reach out from the river.”…
In the Writers’ Room: Salon & Workshop
Join us In the Writer’s Room for Poetry, Prose, Writing, & Conversation with John B. Lee, Kim Conklin, & Michael Mirolla. Hosted by Marty Gervais, Poet Laureate Emeritus for the…
Tea & Poetry: In the Middle Space
Celebrate poetry month with Tea & Poetry at River Bookshop’s Hole in the Wall! Our host, Marty Gervais has invited four local authors to read from the newest Black Moss…
Windsor lawyer Peter Hrastovec named Windsor’s new poet laureate
Windsor lawyer Peter Hrastovec has been chosen Windsor’s next poet laureate by the City of Windsor. He will serve in the position until 2027. Born in Windsor, the son of…
In The Middle Space
<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <em>“Public art creates chance encounters on a pleasant walk or bike ride, it becomes a landmark, a gathering place, navigational…
Walk in the Woods: Portrait of the Ojibway Prairie Complex (ePub)
<em>Walk in the Woods</em> is an adventure about going out on the best and the worst days of the year and taking a walk in the jigsaw puzzle of the…
Walk in the Woods: Portrait of the Ojibway Prairie Complex (Print)
<em>Walk in the Woods</em> is an adventure about going out on the best and the worst days of the year and taking a walk in the jigsaw puzzle of the…
at the end, beginnings. A Memoir in Poems (ePub)
<div> <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">In this first book by<a href="https://blackmosspress.com/christoper-lawrence-menard/"> Christopher Lawrence Menard</a>, the poet paints a picture of what it means to be a son, a brother, a husband and…
at the end, beginnings. A Memoir in Poems (Print)
<div> <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">In this first book by<a href="https://blackmosspress.com/christoper-lawrence-menard/"> Christopher Lawrence Menard</a>, the poet paints a picture of what it means to be a son, a brother, a husband and…
at the end, beginnings. A Memoir in Poems
<div> <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">In this first book by<a href="https://blackmosspress.com/christoper-lawrence-menard/"> Christopher Lawrence Menard</a>, the poet paints a picture of what it means to be a son, a brother, a husband and…
Walk in the Woods: Portrait of the Ojibway Prairie Complex
<em>Walk in the Woods</em> is an adventure about going out on the best and the worst days of the year and taking a walk in the jigsaw puzzle of the…
Because We Have All Lived Here
<div class="page" title="Page 30"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <div class="page" title="Page 33"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <em>What meaning might poets make of a city when the…
All the Words Between
<div class="page" title="Page 26"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> Life is about everything in between – the words we never say, the moments we share, and the things we…
A Dance of Self-Isolation: Covid Poems from the Biggest Little City in Canada
<div class="page" title="Page 6"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> In this collection, Windsor’s Poet Laureate Emeritus Marty Gervais, Poet Laureate Mary Ann Mulhern, Youth Poet Laureate Samantha Badaoa, and Windsor Mayor…
University of Windsor Editing & Publishing Practicum Gears Up for Poetry Book Launch on April 6
After seven hard months of work, University of Windsor practicum students will soon get to show off the books they helped publish. Read more about these students and the great…
Marty Gervais talks about Walk in the Woods
Marty Gervais has given an interview with CBC Windsor about Walk in the Woods and the process of photographing and writing for this unique collection that showcases one of Windsor/Essex’s…