Stephen Cain

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Safe Parkside, site of the speed camera that was cut down over & over leading to Doug ford banning them, reports another high speed crash on Saturday via their IG account. Somebody will die here again. Doug Ford’s Ontario.

Boys Brigade produced by Geddy Lee 😃

Important to call lies out when there are lies. These are lies from a liar.

Ontario Science Centre. Still doing just fine, undefeated by the weather. If it can outlast the corrupt Ford government, it can reopen.

This is outrageous, Doug Ford rips out Ontario’s speed cameras and then uses taxpayers money to run ads about nonexistent police, useless signs and speed bumps. He takes from us and then rubs it in our face.

The Ontario Science Centre property at 770 Don Mills Rd doesn’t belong to Doug Ford. It belongs to the TRCA and the City of Toronto. I’m asking council to ensure that this architectural masterpiece be kept in a state of good repair so it can one day serve the public again.

Toronto friends, join editors Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik, along with contributors Lily Cho, Robert Zacharias, and Sophie Feng, for the launch of SHELTER IN TEXT on Nov 12.
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!

Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT

#TorontoLitUp

CBC Books names Walking & Stealing by Stephen Cain one of 15 books about baseball to celebrate the #BlueJays in the World Series! ⚾🧢

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#wantitall #worldseries

15 books about baseball to celebrate the Blue Jays in the World Series | CBC Books Batter up! With the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series and an entire country cheering them on, CBC Books has put together this reading list of baseball-themed books by Canadian authors.

Walking & Stealing @bookhugpress.bsky.social makes the cut!: www.cbc.ca/books/15-boo...

Ford just put every renter in Ontario into an even more precarious position. This is a clear and present danger to the 1.7 million renters in Ontario.

Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow The doorway   The outermost whorl of a flower that encloses the bud is known as a calyx. The ground was dry but the river was ev...

newly posted: Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow / @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
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New from me at TVO, getting quite cranky about our grocery overlords and their whining about beer and wine empties. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

Pinhole Poetry supports unions and postal workers. Please expect delays when placing mail orders while the strike is ongoing.

Further to that …

Demilitarize the Toronto Air Show - World BEYOND War The Toronto air show is blatant advertising for militarism, war, and violence, it re-traumatizes victims of war, and its ear-splitting noise disturbs residents across the city over the Labour Day long...

Every year I hope people will stop supporting this f*cking stupid, waste of time, planet-killing, soul-destroying, celebration of militarism & war, and every year...I hope people will stop supporting this f*cking stupid, waste of time, planet-killing, soul-destroying...

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It was drawn to my attention today by a CBC reporter that Sylvia Jones has apparently issued a statement claiming that there has been a 41% decrease in overdose deaths since the safe consumption sites were closed. I found this hard to believe, so I looked at the figures from the Chief Coroner.

Paul Dutton: Biography and Introdution to his Work from his Sonosyntactics: Selected and New Poetry of Paul Dutton

I wish that there were some small errors in the following text so that Paul could call me up and correct me. I know I’m going to sorely miss those calls.

This is from the biography and introductory essay about his work that I wrote for his selected & new poems.

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Eric Schmaltz: on Judith Copithorne (1939-2025) When I first encountered the visual texts of the spirited “intermedia worker” Judith Copithorne, my understanding of what poetry a...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Eric Schmaltz: on Judith Copithorne (1939-2025) / @talonbooks.bsky.social
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Some years ago, I had the honour of writing about and speaking with Judith Copithorne about her work

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Congrats to Pope Leo: El Elope!
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some author activity: Barwin, Nećakov, Cain, mclennan, Smith + Davis, Gary Barwin and Lillian Nećakov have some collaborative work up in the Tuesday poem series ; Book*hug Press features Stephen Cain as part of...

some above/ground press author activity: Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social , Lillian Nećakov, Stephen Cain, rob mclennan, Mahaila Smith @mahaila.bsky.social + Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social ,
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National Poetry Month Spotlight: Stephen Cain | Book*hug Press We’re back with the final feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. We are closing things out with Stephen Cain! Stephen is one our oldest friends in the literary community, having ...

We’re back with the final feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. We are closing things out with Stephen Cain!

Without further ado, please enjoy “Christie Pits (2017/05/12)” from Walking and Stealing.

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Canadian Poets Series #3 : Kate Siklosi Kate Siklosi lives in Tkaronto / Dish With One Spoon Territory. Her work includes Selvage (Invisible Publishing, 2023) [ see my review of ...

Canadian Poets Series #3 : Kate Siklosi / @invisibooks.bsky.social @timglaseteditions.bsky.social ;
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rob mclennan and Andy Weaver connect with a 2025 VERSeFest interview at periodicities.

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The Convoy has always tried to portray itself as a spontaneous group of patriotic Canadians. In truth, while not a fine tuned operation, it has always been the result of a network of far-right grifters and influences that tried multiple times to get an operation like the ‘22 event off the ground.

Jesus, although he will ride beside you, will never buy any smokes

Poilievre keeps saying he's going to cut to "bring down inflation," but inflation has been at the target for over six months. It's currently below two percent.
Nobody ever mentions this. #PnPCBC

Guess he’s right.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. 🥴

Saving the CBC is really about saving Canada Pierre Poilievre reportedly has plans to slash the CBC's budget. That would be a disaster for national unity.

Saving the CBC isn't just about protecting your favourite program or personality. It's about preserving national unity -- and preventing Canada from being subject to a hostile foreign takeover. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/19/o...

CFP Special Issue of Canada Literature: Suburb Nation. "This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods." Deadline Aug 15! canlit.ca/call-for-pap...

Doug Ford's love affair with Trump and Musk shows he can't be trusted Let’s skip the delicate language and ask the question any sensible person must be thinking: How stupid do you have to be to support a man who’s threatening to destroy your country? What kind of judgme...

“There are countless examples of Ford making bad calls, but two recent cases illustrate this, let’s say, lack of discernment, better than any other could: his support for Donald Trump and his Starlink deal with Elon Musk.”

@davidmoscrop.com writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/05/o...