Open Book: Toronto talks anthologies

Open Book: Toronto recently investigated the world of anthologies in Canadian literature, and paid special attention to Coach House Books' new publication, Prismatic Publics: Innovative Canadian Women's Poetry and Poetics, and the Toronto books.

Eichhorn says original groundwork for the anthology began over two years ago. 'At the time, I was traveling in the US and meeting a lot of poets. I realized that many of them had not yet encountered many of the writers who are in this anthology. They could usually mention two or three poets ... not always the same ones ... but that was it. Heather Milne and I started an e-mail dialogue about the need for an anthology that might parallel American Women Poets in the 21st Century. When I returned to Toronto, we approached Alana Wilcox with our idea and a few months later, the project was in motion.'

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