James Reaney on the Grid Poetry Neilson’s poems reveal and probe

Neilson’s poems reveal and probe the ways in which we are recognized and categorized by those who interpret the maladies written on our faces

runner-up for the Posner Poetry Book Award

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’ -- Marilyn Rueter

was born in Born in Courtenay

James Reaney on the Grid Poetry Neilson’s poems reveal and probeA deep dive into the influences, patterns and structures that underscore the foundation of the literary works of James Reaney, whose poems and plays marry myth and metaphor with a regional, rural sensibility. Set up a trellis for flowering plants to climb all over: its there but unseen, supporting all that floral leaf green beauty. In James Reaney on the Grid, Stan Dragland examines an artist fiercely loyal to his artistic practice, deploying the