USEREVIEW 125: Our Duty to Each Other

USEREVIEW 125: Our Duty to Each Other

Becca Lawlor, editorial intern at The Ampersand Review, reflects on the loneliness between all of us, and specifically The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life, in this traditional review of Rune Christiansen’s latest novel translated by Kari Dickson (Book*hug Press, 2023). ISBN: 978-1-77166-834-7 | 264 pp | $23 CAD | BUY Here #CAROUSELreviews#USEREVIEWEDNESDAY In its title, The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life by Rune Christiansen, translated by Kari Dickson, speaks of loneliness as if it were

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USEREVIEW 124 (Capsule): Continuity Errors

USEREVIEW 124 (Capsule): Continuity Errors

Catriona WrightContinuity Errors (Coach House Books, 2023)ISBN: 978-1-55245-459-6 | 80 pp | $23.95 CAD | BUY Here #CAROUSELreviews#USEREVIEWEDNESDAY Capitalism, climate change, feminism and the gender binary — Catriona Wright’s Continuity Errors responds to these topics with dry humour and a vivid parade of aliens, robots, fae, and more though is still incredibly serious in its message. In this, her second poetry collection, Wright plays with the absurdity of the world we live in, having written

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USEREVIEW 123 (Capsule): Fire Monster

USEREVIEW 123 (Capsule): Fire Monster

Anita Lahey (writer) & Pauline Conley (illustrator)Fire Monster (Palimpsest Press, 2023)ISBN 978-1-99029-337-5 | 220 pp | $29.95 CAD | BUY Here #CAROUSELreviews#USEREVIEWEDNESDAY Fire Monster is an incredible blend of art forms — in this graphic novel, writer Anita Lahey and illustrator Pauline Conley collaborate to blend poetry with illustration and sometimes music to create a fictional retelling of the 1976 Main-a-Dieu, Nova Scotia wildfires. It details the generational effect the natural disaster had on the

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June 2023 Reviewers-in-Residence: The Ampersand Review’s Shaylyn Schwieg and Becca Lawlor

June 2023 Reviewers-in-Residence: The Ampersand Review’s Shaylyn Schwieg and Becca Lawlor

Introducing our June 2023 Reviewers-in-Residence: June 2023 is a special month here at USEREVIEW, as we’re partnering with The Ampersand Review to bring you some exciting crossover content! Every Wednesday, CAROUSEL will be featuring reviews by Ampersand interns Shaylyn Schwieg and Becca Lawlor. Meanwhile, Ampersand’s June issue will feature a rare full-length external review by CAROUSEL Reviews Editor Jade Wallace, who normally only reviews for CAROUSEL. Without further ado, we introduce this month’s reviewers …

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