Saturday, January 16, 2010

Top of the Aughts

My picks for the top ten Canadian poetry collections of the decade.

  1. Eunoia (Christian Bok, 2001)
  2. Seven Pages Missing Vols. 1 & 2 (Steve McCaffery, 2000)
  3. Transnational Muscle Cars (Jeff Derksen, 2003)
  4. The Weather (Lisa Robertson, 2001)
  5. Performance Bond (Wayde Compton, 2004)
  6. Sheep’s Vigil by a Fervent Person (Eirin Moure, 2001)
  7. Un (Dennis Lee, 2003)
  8. Spiral Agitator (Steve Venright, 2000)
  9. Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists (a. rawlings, 2006)
  10. Forage (Rita Wong, 2007)