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There is no relationship between the two. Morgenstern shows us the house and he shows us some human forms, but 2019 was an exciting year for Vallum We launched Vallum: Contemporary Poetry issues 16:1 and 16:2, and published two new chapbooks: Finding Places to Make Places by Alexei Perry Cox, winner of the 2019 Vallum Chapbook Award, and Swelles by Sina Queyras. Singapore Literature Prize (Poetry), Vallum New International Poetics Award, Cyclamens & Swords Poetry Prize, Swale Life Poetry Prize, Little Red Tree. He holds an MA in English from the University of Victoria. He also won the 2016 Vallum Chapbook Award and The Malahat Review’s 2016 Far Horizons Award for Poetry. On the importance of the home and how it is central to one’s conception of His writing has appeared in journals including The Malahat Review, Vallum, Brick, Best Canadian Poetry 2019, Best Canadian Poetry 2018, Grain, CV2, and Canadian Notes & Queries. The ‘house’ is oftenĬonsidered to be symbolically associated with the psyche.

It is almost as if the two are caught in some kind ofĭisparagement of time-and they cannot communicate. There is aĭisconnect between the physicality of the house and the physicality of the Although it is dismembered and dismantled, thereĪre figures who appear as fragments, figures who would seem to belong there,īut who have no identity, as they are portrayed in the film. There is focus on parts of the house requiring repair.īut it would seem that the most central part of this strange, haunting, is the Is not a ‘home,’ there are no puppies or kittens or soft fluffy images. Parc in Montreal October 12 th, is about the movements of a house. Mark Morgenstern’s film, “Before I Go,” inĬompetition at the Festival du nouveau cinema, and which premiered at Cinema du Published in, Vallum 11:1, Thresholds, 2014. Sans que la branche ni la neige ne bougent The Vallum Award for Poetry 2014 WINNERS 1st PRIZE: 750 ALEXEI PERRY The Long Study (Canada) 2nd PRIZE: 250 CARLA BARKMAN Last evening I stumbled. S'endormir inerte sous un solstice d'hiver Ali Blythe is author of Twoism, Hymnswitch and Stedfast, critically acclaimed poetry collections that explore trans-poetics. The winner of the Vallum Award for Poetry, twice finalist for the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Award, and recipient of an honour of distinction from the Writers. Editors Prize, Confrontation Poetry Prize, and Vallum Award for Poetry. Le vent, le courant, le temps emportent nos confinsĭont les fronti ères fugaces laissent passer nos r êves Recent poems can be found in The Seneca Review, Copper Nickel, Berkeley Poetry. La cr ête des vagues et les cimes de neige Mouvantes circonf érences d'un blanc soleil L'espoir qui se r évolte, l'amour qui se perd Le contour des premi ères choses, les premi ères g éographies His poetry resonates with incomparable depth and his writing is amongst the best French-language poetry being written today. Paul-Georges Leroux is an exceptional Montreal/Quebec poet.
