Vol. 34 No. 1  Rachel Zolf speaks about her recent online poetry project, "The Tolerance Project." Jonathan Ball and Colin Smith discuss parasitic poetry, procedural techniques, and flarf.

 

Vol. 33 No. 4  Poetry by George Elliott Clarke, Tanis MacDonald, Evelyn Lau, and others in our annual issue of nothing but poetry. Also in this issue are the winners of the 2010 2-Day Poem Contest.

Vol. 33 No. 1  The first of two issues in celebration of Contemporary Verse 2’s thirty-five years of fine poetry. We focus on the first ten years of the journal’s history, from its founding in 1975 by Dorothy Livesay until 1985, when the magazine underwent a complete overhaul — resulting in radical changes not only to the editorial structure but to the size, look and publishing mandate of the magazine.

Cover art by Arthur Adamson.

Vol. 33 No. 2  The second of two issues celebrating thirty-five years of publishing. This special 160-page issue is packed with poetry from seventy-five Canadian poets whose work has been published in CV2 over the past twenty-five years, from 1985 to the present.

Cover art by Arthur Adamson.

Vol. 33 No. 3  Featuring new work by Montreal poets Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid, the winners of CV2’s “Show Me the Book” Contest and of course, fine new writing by some of Canada’s most talented new and familiar poets.

On the cover: Michelle Elrick.

Vol. 32 No. 4  With this installment of Poetry Only, CV2 is very pleased to present new work by a couple of CV2’s most illustrious alumni: Sylvia Legris, Tim Bowling, and Mary di Michele, as well as work from an amazing array of perhaps less familiar but very awesome poets, including Darren Bifford, Marita Dachsel and Elisabeth de Mariaffi.

Vol. 32 No. 3  In this issue we are exploring what might lay at the “root of voice.” Interviews with Elizabeth Bachinsky and Michael Trussler. Poetry by Tom Wayman, Kerry Ryan, Richard Crow, and more.

On the cover: Elizabeth Bachinsky.

Vol. 32 No. 2  CV2’s annual Open Issue features an interview with poetry upstart Jeramy Dodds, who talks about the unexpected success and praise of his first collection of poetry, Crabwise to the Hounds. Also featured, "Formally Speaking" with CV2 Editor, poet and critical writer Maurice Mierau, as well as new work by E. Blagrave, matt robinson, Gillian Sze and many others.

On the cover: Jeramy Dodds.

Vol. 32 No. 1   In this issue you will find a range of writing about the environment and poetry, an interview, essays, and poetry that speak to both the complexity of human nature and poetry.

On the cover: Di Brandt.

Vol. 31 No. 4   With this issue CV2 goes poetry, and nothing but poetry, with selections of new work by Robyn Sarah, Paddy McCallum, Jan Horner, Evelyn Lau, Susan Stenson, Jan Conn, Patricia Young, Geneviève Morin, Karl Meade, Johanna Skibsrud and many others.

Vol. 31 No. 3. In this issue, "At War," CV2 examines the relationship of poetry and war. Interviews with George Amabile and smsteele.

On the cover: George Amabile.

Vol. 31 No. 2. Interviews and poetry from Lorri Nielsen Glenn and David Hickey.

On the cover: Lorri Nielsen Glenn.

Vol. 31 No. 1. Poem as Travelogue / Le poème comme explorateur features an interview with J.R. Léveillé, internationally respected Franco-Manitoban poet, novelist and essayist, by Laurent Poliquin and a new selection of his work.  J.R. Léveillé talks about writing, poetry and geo-social polemics of French Canadian writing. Also includes “Formally Speaking” by Maurice Mierau, and new poetry by Heather Casby, Rhona McAdam, Patrick Woodcock, and many more poets who have travelled to the ends of the world in poetic form.

Vol. 30 No. 4. The Jilted Issue: poems of love lost / Se faire larguer: poèmes d’amour perdu. In this issue, poet and critical writer Sharon Caseburg discusses poetry and love gone wrong with iconic Canadian poet, novelist and editor, Tom Wayman. A selection of Wayman’s well know work on the subject along with new writing accompanies this in-depth conversation. Also in this issue a very fine selection of new work from John Creary, John Wall Barger, Andrea Mcphearson, Jacob McArthur Mooney and Patrick Woodcock to name a few. A unique take on the age old discussion of love and poetry, this issue is sure to surprise.

Vol. 30 No. 3. Inside this issue, there are feature interviews with poets Jim Nason, a newly minted novelist, and Jan Conn, who talk about the reflections of the body in their writing; the second instalment of “Formally Speaking” by poet Maurice Mierau; new work by familiar poets like John Barton and less familiar voices who are equally arresting in their ability to contour the body. This issue also includes new work by world renowned Franco-Manitoban poet J.R Léveillé.

Vol. 30 No. 2. Toronto poet Steve McOrmond talks about his newest collection, Primer on the Hereafter and the impact of poetry on his life with Sharon Caseburg while Winnipeg’s versatile Charlene Diehl, performance Poet, jazz journalist, musician and Artistic Director of Thin Air: Winnipeg’s International Writers Festival opens up about her performance, music, experiences of loss and the importance of poetry.

Vol. 30 No 1. A. J. Levin talks with Carla Funk and Alison Calder, as well as Kitty Lewis and Barry Dempster from Brick Books, and Coach House Books' editor-in-chief, Alana Wilcox, about the ins and outs of the industry of verse.

Vol. 29 No. 4. In CV2’s Spring 2007 offering, A.J. Levin chats with acclaimed poet and novelist Alison Pick about her ambi-genre success. “Poets Who Swing Both Ways,” features the work of poets who are successful in multiples genres. This issue also includes an in depth interview by poet and essayist Joanne Arnott with award-winning playwright and poet, Daniel David Moses. Featured poetry in this issue includes new poetry by Daniel David Moses, Maurice Mierau, Deirdre Dwyer, Jane Silcott, Robert Colman and Rob Winger.

Vol. 29 No. 3. Contraverse looks into the wilder side of verse via an interview with Manitoba poetry sensation Poor Tree. Members Christoff Engbrecht, David Streit and Dana Landry offer candid observations about the contribution of their brand of performance poetry—also includes poems written during an impromptu improv performance for CV2’s Managing Editor, Clarise Foster. Other work includes new erotic poems by George Elliot Clarke, visual poems by Donato Mancini, new pieces by jazzy Charlene Diehl, new comer Carey Toane and much more.

Vol. 29 No. 2. CV2’s first annual Open issue features two in depth interviews by Sharon Caseburg—one with internationally renowned Bosian-Canadian poet, Goran Simic about his writing, and the compassion of poetry in the face of war, and a second—with Mark Abley, a well know and respected Canadian author and poet, about his experiences as the editor of the first posthumous collection of previously unpublished poetry by the late and wonderful grand dame of words, Anne Szumigalski, recently published by Brick Books. This issue includes an essay by poet and CV2 French editor, Laurent Poliquin and poetry by Marie d’Anjou, Eugene Dubnov, Paddy McCallum, Jan Conn and many more.

Vol. 29 No. 1. "At Odds with Tragedy" features an interview by poet and CV2 Editor Nina Berkhout with the author of Blue Feast, Shawna Lemay, about the darker side of inspiration, and an essay by George Murray, who was in the vicinity of the World Trade Towers in New York on that now infamous day of terror—September 11. Governor General Award winning author Karen Connelly writes about the epidemic of violence of women, and new poetry by Jennifer Still, Barry Dempster, Judith Krause and many others.

Vol. 28 No. 4. "Rising Stars" features interviews with poets Sina Queyras and Kimmy Beach, both successful poets in their own right/write; a special section in celebration of the League of Canadian Poets’ 40th Anniversary, which includes a special tribute to the late Joseph Sherman by Dina Cox; interviews with League members Glen Sorestad, and Heidi Greco, plus a selection of new poetry by league members including Maureen Scott Harris, Paul Dutton and many others. Also includes the winners of CV2’s 2005 Two Day Poetry Contest.

Vol. 28 No. 3. Canadian poets Aislinn Hunter and Laurie Block discuss the important link between memory and the poetic impulse. This issue also includes a feature interview with the late and forever great Manitoba Saulteaux poet Doug Nepinak by APTN/NCI executive David McLeod, not to mention new poetry from Christophe Condello, Tracy Hamon, Rhona McAdam, Michael Penny, Gillian Wigmore and many more.

Vol. 28 No. 2. This issue features poetry translated to or from Dutch, German, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese, as well as English – et en français, comme d’habitude.

Vol. 28 No. 1. Mental illness, substance abuse, and disease – and that’s not the half of it! Featuring interviews with and poems by Patrick Lane, and a tribute to and work by the late Winnipeg poet Patrick O’Connell, this issue uncovers the grit that poets use to make pearls, and the lows that they know all too well. You’ll also find new poems by Deirdre Dwyer, rob mclennan, and E. Alex Pierce.

Vol. 27 No. 4. Tim Bowling, two time Governor General’s Award nominee, and award-winning author of six collections of poetry, talks with CV2 about his collection The Memory Orchard and the influence that his family heritage of fishing culture and the rich British Columbia landscape with its variable weather has had on his poetry. Also, Hilary Clark talks about her most recent collection, The Dwelling of Weather, and how we live with weather, and new poet on the block Chris Hutchinson gives CV2 readers the low down on his experience of publishing his first collection, unfamiliar weather.