What struck me the first time I read D.M. Bradford’s work is how powerfully their fragmented line – often refusing, it seems, to complete a full sentence – achieves an effect of contentious contact with “the big picture.” In Dream Of No One But Myself, terse, painfully observant poems about family dynamics blur into essays which disintegrate into scatterings of language, punctuated by colourful reassemblages of once cut-up photos from the author’s childhood.
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Assembly Press and Brick Books are delighted to share the news that we are merging operations. Our decision to do so is rooted in care: we’ll be able to better support […]
In a climate where readers, booksellers, librarians, and other audiences are more interested than ever in “buying Canadian,” The Association of Canadian Publishers has launched a new Certified Canadian Publisher Program. Anyone who picks up a book with this seal isn’t only supporting an independent press, but an ecosystem of authors, editors, designers, printers, and distributors within Canada.
In a time where LGBTQ!2S+ folks, racialized folks, Indigenous people, people who are poor, people with disabilities, and women continue to face threats to their personhood and lives, we are conscious of what poetry has been, is, and can be.




