The Persnickety Reader

Yesterday, I got asked to write an article for Legacy Magazine on Stephan G. Stephansson House. Stephansson was an Icelandic poet who homesteaded and farmed in Alberta in the nineteenth century. He is known today as one of the best Icelandic poet since the middle ages. He is more famous in Iceland than here, even though he never wrote a word in Iceland. I haven’t read him: he didn’t write in English and the only translation of his work is out of print now.

And today, I got a letter from Gaspereau Press saying that they were including two poems from Defining Range in an upcoming anthology of the best stuff they’ve published in the last 10 tyears, the first volume of which is set to be released in April. There are three planned and the first is poetry. I get 4 free copies and royalties. So, it’s been a good week so far.

Add to that the offer of more students for my job, bringing me to the equivalent of full-time and you can call me busy.