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.
Category Archives: 50th Anniversary
“when I lie down my head/ what will hold me in my rabbit-sleep”
This is the last line gifted us in Dom Domanski’s Fetishes of the Floating World.
We’re delighted to continue our 50th anniversary series this month with Michael Crummey’s Hard Light. This months blog post is written by Matthew Hollett.
We’re delighted to continue our 50th anniversary series this month with Karen Solie’s Short Haul Engine. This months blog post is written by David O’Meara.
Alive and Thriving for 50 Years We’re delighted to continue our 50th anniversary series this month with Louise B. Halfe – Sky Dancer’s awâsis – kinky and dishevelled This […]
Alive and Thriving for 50 Years We’re delighted to continue our 50th anniversary series this month with Sue Goyette’s outskirts. This months blog post is written by Annick MacAskill. […]
We’re delighted to continue our 50th anniversary series this month with Anne Carson’s Short Talks. This edition is part of our classics series published in celebration of our 40th anniversary a decade ago! This months blog post is written by Hao Nguyen.
Alive and Thriving for 50 Years Founded in 1975 by poets Don McKay and Stan Dragland, Brick Books is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025. Keeping a poetry-only small […]
Alive and Thriving for 50 Years Founded in 1975 by poets Don McKay and Stan Dragland, Brick Books is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025. Keeping a poetry-only small […]
Alive and Thriving for 50 Years Founded in 1975 by poets Don McKay and Stan Dragland, Brick Books is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025. Keeping a poetry-only small […]





