Clippings

Some Recent Poemies

Reasons for My Success in new poetry
This Thing I Believe in Columbia Journal
Okay in talking about strawberries all the time
Ame ni mo Makezu in Train: a poetry journal
An Ordinary Childhood in Ottawater

 

Some Posts and Essays by Spencer

5.3 Rules for Author Interviews for 49th Shelf
Goodbye to All That in The Winnipeg Review
Of Monsters & Melancholy: D&D, Art, and Disappearance in The Town Crier

 

Some Book Reviews by Spencer

Lost in September by Kathleen Winter in The Globe and Mail
Malagash
by Joey Comeau in the Toronto Star
The Only Child by Andrew Pyper in The Globe and Mail
Centring the Margins: Essays and Reviews by Jeff Bursey in The Winnipeg Review
The Jungle South of the Mountain by Andrew Westoll in The Globe and Mail
Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Lynn Crosbie in Canadian Notes & Queries
Congratulations on Everything by Nathan Whitlock in The Globe and Mail
Black Feathers by Robert J. Wiersema in The Globe and Mail
Harmless by James Grainger in The Globe and Mail
Why the World Does Not Exist by Markus Gabriel and Nein. A Manifesto by Eric Jarosinkski in the National Post
Bunny and Shark by Alisha Piercy in the National Post
Patternicity
by Jim Johnstone in The Maple Tree Literary Supplement
Earworm
 by Nick Thran in The Maple Tree Literary Supplement
Mammoth by Larissa Andrusyshyn in The Mansfield Revue
God of Missed Connections 
by Elizabeth Bachinsky in The Mansfield Revue
Walkups 
by Lance Blomgren in Broken Pencil Magazine
Copenhagen
by Katrine Guldager, Translated by P.K. Brask, in Broken Pencil Magazine
Sentimental Exorcisms by David Derry in Broken Pencil Magazine
The Lizard and Other Stories
by Michael Bryson in Broken Pencil Magazine
Back Off, Assassin! New and Selected Poems by Jim Smith in Broken Pencil Magazine
Ovenman 
by Jeff Parker in Broken Pencil Magazine

 

Spencer, Interviewed

By Open Book Ontario

By rob mclennan on the Chaudiere Books blog

By the IFOA (International Festival of Authors) on their blog
By Various Writers (Vivek Shraya, Scaachi Koul, Hoa Nguyen, etc.) for CBC Books
By JM Francheteau for CKCU FM Radio
By Deborah Dundas in the Toronto Star
By Patrick Roesle in Carve Magazine
By Michael Burga on his blog
By Kris Bone and Katie Fewster-Yan for their reading series
By Andrew Faulkner in Open Book Toronto
By Grace O’Connell in Open Book Toronto
By Alessandra Ferreri for Book Stylist
By rob mclennan on his blog
By Jonathan Ball, on Practical Matters and for the 8-Ball Series
By Dina Del Bucchia in Canada Arts Connect
By Emily Raine in Cult MTL
By Suzannah Showler in Torontoist

 

Interviews by Spencer

With Sheila Heti in Ex-Puritan

With Mat Laporte on the BookThug blog
With Laura Clarke in The Town Crier
With Laurie D. Graham in The Town Crier
With Trevor Cole in The Puritan
With Michael Blouin in Broken Pencil Magazine
With John Goldbach in Broken Pencil Magazine
With Jeff Parker in Broken Pencil Magazine