One of the goals of The Danforth Review is to encourage conversation
about books in Canada. In 2004, there has been much spirited
correspondence. Perhaps too spirited. Thus, TDR will enforce a more
respectful decorum in the future. A simple mantra: Focus on issues, not
personalities, please.
Send all correspondence to
danforthreview @ canada [dot] com.
TDR reserves the right to edit letters for clarity. As
always, opinions expressed are those of the writer only.
- July 2000: Terry Barker
on Shane Nielson's review of After Acorn
- December 10, 2001: Paul
Vermeersch on Shane Nielson's review of the I.V. Lounge Reader
- January 26, 2002: Alex Boyd
on Michael Bryson's
article on the Canadian Writers' Coalition
- March 19, 2002: Michael
Twist on Michael Bryson's review of High's and Lows: A personal
approach to living with diabetes
- March 22, 2002: David
Hickey on TDR's micro press feature
- July 16, 2002: Kathleen
Lippa on TDR's interview with Paul Vermeersch
- September 5, 2002: Mark
McCawley on TDR
- November 16, 2002: Crissandra
Ayroso on Aidan Baker's review of 13 by Mary Lou Zeitoun
- November 27, 2002: Silas
White on Mark Sampson's review of The Empty Cafe by Michael Hoffman
- January 2003: On
the Canada Council's report on "Teaching Canadian
literature"
- ALL LETTERS on this
subject can be found following the above link.
- January 16, 2003: Harold
Spout on George Bowering on spoken word
- January 26, 2003: Sharon
H. Nelson on Shane Neilson's "Political Poetry and the Canadian
Tradition"
- February 28, 2003: Mark
Chesser on TDR as a teaching resource
- March 16, 2003: Ed
Parker on Alex Boyd's review of Ivan E. Coyote's One Man's Trash
- March 2003: OPEN
LETTER to the Ontario Minister of Culture on the Trillium Award's
decision not to award a prize in English for a first book of poetry
- June 2, 2003: Katie
McCullough on Michael Bryson's review of Does Canada Matter?
- June 20, 2003: John MacKenzie
on Shane Neilson's interview with David Solway
- July 27, 2003: Tim
Bowling on Geoff Cook's review of Darkness and Silence
- August 11, 2003: Kathy Gilder on
TDR's Ted Plantos feature
- September 5, 2003: Your
reviews are sooooo refreshing!
- October
10, 2003: Barbara Fletcher on Tom Henihan's "Poetry Readings - Stand Up and be
Counted"
- October 14, 2003: Kris
Northey on Barbara Fletcher on Tom Henihan...
- October 16, 2003: Mary
Peever on Tom Henihan...
- October 17, 2003: Martin
Wallace on Tom Henihan...
- November 23, 2003: Stacey
Lynn Newman on Tom Henihan...
- December 6, 2003: bastiaan
wever on Tom
Henihan...
- December 9, 2003: Susan
Ioannou on "Mea Culpa: I review books"
- December 12, 2003: Alex
Boyd on "Mea Culpa: I review books"
- December 13, 2003: Steve
Clackson asks: Are Canadian publishers too dependant on grants and
furthering Literary Snobbery?
- January 1, 2004: Shane
Neilson offers advice to John MacKenzie
- January 12, 2004: Martin
Wallace on Shane Neilson on John MacKenzie
- February 9, 2004: Craig
Davidson on reviews by Kane X. Kaucher
- February 10, 2004: Zach
Wells on reviews by Kane X. Kaucher
- February 11, 2004: A.E.M.
responds to Craig Davidson
- February 19, 2004: Abel
Rechaufe on Kane X. Kaucher's review of Solid as Echo
- February 24, 2004: Paul
Lowrie on Kane X. Kaucher's reviews
- February 27, 2004: ...
on Kane X. Kaucher's reviews
- March 3, 2004: Anthony De Sa's story
"Only a Boy"
- March 9, 2004: Mike
Morey on TDR's review of Uncle Dirty
- March 9, 2004: Nicole
Visscher on TDR's review of Reconciliation
- March 12, 2004: Anthony De Sa's story
"Only a Boy"
- March 16, 2004: Anthony De Sa's story
"Only a Boy"
- March 18, 2004: Anthony De Sa's story
"Only a Boy"
- April 12, 2004: Review
of Elle by Lori Hahnel
- April 27, 2004: Shaun
Smith on TDR Interview with Michael Holmes
- May 2, 2004: Alex
Boyd asks: Is TDR helping to make the Canadian poetry community
appear "small, bitter, and useless"?
- May 4, 2004: TDR
review of Christopher Dewdney's The Natural History
- May 5, 2004: University
of Calgary searching for poets
- May 7, 2004: Michael
Holmes responds to Shaun Smith
- May 7, 2004: Michael
Holmes responds to Alex Boyd
- May 8, 2004: Carmine
Starnino on what he has written and hasn't
- May 8, 2004: Matt Stranach
on Aiden Baker's review of Spells: "miserable, stunted,
culture deprived..."
- May 9, 2004: Stephen
Brockwell on Holmes, Starnino, Solway, Purdy, etc.
- May 10, 2004: Alex
Boyd responds to Michael Holmes
- May 12, 2004: Open
Letter from Michael Holmes
- June 21, 2004: Karl
H. Siegler on "Mr.
Shane Neilson's Yellow Journalism"
- June 22, 2004: rob
mclennan on Shane Neilson
- June 23, 2004: Zachary
Houle says, "Fer crying out loud, Bryson" [removed at
request of author]
- June 24,2004: Editor's
confession -- Offending comments removed
- September, 1, 2004: Exchange:
Pain Not Bread -- Andy Patton and J. Mark Smith on what is and isn't a
"translation"
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