National Poetry Month April 2020 Shields is the author of Look at Her (2016) and I am That Woman (2013), as well as editor of Whiskey Sour City (2013). Her poetry also appears in Because We Have All Lived Here [...]

Robert Hilles, a long time Black Moss Poet and past recipient of the Governor General’s award for Cantos from a Small Room, focuses on capturing the quiet moments of life, his writing style is lyric and captivating.   The poetry [...]

Eva Kolacz left her native Poland to come to Canada, where she graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. Her artwork has been showcased in exhibitions across Canada, the United States [...]

Elizabeth Zetlin, Owen Sound’s first poet laureate, initiated the Poet Laureate map of Canada project, and has travelled across Canada giving readings. She published The Punctuation Field with Black Moss, in 2011 and in 2020 she celebrated th launch of [...]

Windsor poet Laurie Smith studied under Alistair MacLeod and has her MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. She is the Co-Publisher/Editor at Cranberry Tree Press, and she runs creative writing workshops. Her newest book [...]

An interview with poet laureate Mary Ann Mulhern on her latest book The Midnight Moon Sings of Murder. This is her eighth full book of poetry, and it focuses on the tragic murder of the Donnelly family in Lucan, Ontario.

Samantha Badaoa, Windsor’s Youth Poet Laureate, is one to watch out for. Her poetry is fresh and raw, exploring the heart of things like religion and love for a deeper understanding. We hope you enjoy this exclusive interview and poetic [...]

Interviewed for National Poetry Month April 2020 D A Lockhart, author of Big Medicine Comes to Erie (2016) and This City at the Crossroads (2017) is the publisher at Urban Farmhouse Press and a turtle clan citizen of the Moravian [...]