rob mclennan reviews ZZOO

Perennial writer and reviewer rob mclennan has deemed MA|DE‘s debut full-length collection, ZZOO, “layered, and sharp,” full of “smart and engaged language.” Our thanks to rob for his kind reflections on our work.

“There is a bounce and clatter, but one of a density of lyric, one that works to interrogate relations and interrelations, offering a collaborative language between and across language, sparking a binary through a binary, and where they might possibly connect. The poems are layered, and sharp …”

Read the whole review here

Order a copy of ZZOO here


PERIODICITIES bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist Interview with MA|DE — now online

💥 Periodicities (a journal of poetry and poetics) bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist Interview with MA|DE is now online, in anticipation of the Meet the Presses’ bpNichol Chapbook Award gala next week! This is a series of 4 interviews that the site recently conducted with all the shortlisted creators … we talk to editor Rob McLennan about how A Trip to the ZZOO started, whether there will be a full-length book, how MA|DE relates to our individual work & who influences us.

Read the full interview here

Register for FREE to attend this year’s Virtual Meet the Presses Festival (including the bpNichol Chapbook Award Winner Announcement) here

— The 2021 bpNichol Chapbook Award will be announced on Nov 25 @ 7pm (more info)