New from above/ground press: flow march n powder blossom s by Max Middle, C$4.00. Order from above/ground press c/o rob mclennan.

From the press release: "Max Middle lives & works in ottawa where he has lov'n' been involved in many projects which have as their fulcrum a practice of poetry or 'm a k i n g . u p' (among them the Max Middle Sound Project). His work appears in Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (Mercury Press, 2005). There are sound files downloadable from his website, www.maxmiddle.com. On 24 September 2005 Middle assisted jwcurry in the execution of Messagio Galore take II (www.photos.johnwmacdonald.com). On 28 February 2006 he launches flow march n powder blossom s, in a TREE (a reading series) in ottawa. 0n 24 March 2006, he reads from forward floating blossoms in the IV Lounge Reading Series in Toronto. He is currently conjuring up spiky angels & serving dutifully in several missions including publication of visual poetry."

A Penny Dreadful is a complete book—every aspect lends to its reading. few books straddle the terrain of artist book, poetry and graphic novel while exhibiting the grace contained within these pages. perhaps what makes any of this possible is Gustave Morin's stance toward his project—an outlook that is applaudable, especially considering this is (was) Morin's first full length published work.