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PoetryNEWForgekevin mcpherson eckhoff • Invisible PublishingExcessive. Melancholic. Absurd. Joyful.The experiments in this collection fuse conceptual, concrete, and lyric poetries to produce lines that provecounterfeit and precious, cynical and sanguine, real and realer.kevin mcpherson eckhoff is the author of Rhapsodomancy (Coach House Books, 2010), and EasyPeasy (Snare Books, 2011). His work has been featured in Boredom Fighters (Tightrope Books) and RogueStimulus (Mansfield Press), as well as several international journals, including Descant, West Wind Review,Fact*Simile, Rampike, and offerta speciale.ISBN-13: 9781926743332paperback / 96 pp4.75 x 7 / $14.95April 2013Key words: Canadian poetry, Experimental poetry, Concrete poetryNEWUnus MundusMari-Lou Rowley • Anvil PressIn her ninth collection, science writer-turned-poet Mari-Lou Rowley explores how humans have movedbeyond our search for a union with the cosmos—in the spiritual sense—to the desire to conquer itsmysteries and exploit its resources. Unus Mundus is a scientifically, philosophically, and aestheticallyinformed work from a confident and challenging voice. She asks how the language of science andtechnology has seeped into mainstream use, mutating and multiplying vocabulary. She explores howthe concepts and discoveries of science fuel our hopes and fears. And how poetry can explore, challenge,and celebrate science.ISBN-13: 9781927380444paperback / 96 pp5.5 x 7.5 / $18.00March 2013Mari-Lou Rowley has published eight previous collections of poetry, most recently Suicide Psalms (AnvilPress), which was shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award. Her work has appeared internationally inliterary, arts, and science-related journals, including the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. She is currentlypursuing an interdisciplinary PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in new media, neuroplasticity, andempathy.Key words: Canadian poetry, Science, Philosophy, Technology, Eco-poetryNEWAfloatJohn Reibetanz • Brick BooksA masterful poet extends his range, bringing both his agile intelligence and musical acuity into play. Afloat,John Reibetanz’s eighth collection of poetry, focuses on water in many manifestations.“Afloat takes the reader into the world of water, how it reaches into everything and connects everything,until the poems make you thirsty. Moving like flotsam in their beautiful sinuous lines and rhythms, yourealize that you too are water, nature, world. No longer exile but celebrant. A wonderful poet, a wondrousbook.” —Rosemary Sullivan, winner of the Gerald Lampert Award and the Governor General’s Award forNon-fictionISBN-13: 9781926829821paperback / 104 pp6 x 9 / $19.00March 2013John Reibetanz lives in Toronto with his wife, and near their three grown children. Author of sevenprevious collections of poetry, he teaches English and creative writing at Victoria College where hereceived the first Victoria University Teaching Award.Key words: Canadian poetry, Water imagery, Three Gorges Dam4 Literary Press Group / Congress 2013