The Uncertainty Principle: a review and an interview,

Eleni Zisimatos was good enough to review rob mclennan’s The Uncertainty Principle: stories, (2014) over at the blog for Vallum magazine. Thanks, Eleni! This is actually the eighth review of mclennan’s short story collection, after a small write-up by Pearl Pirie (here), and more formal reviews by Ryan Porter (here), Brian Mihok (here), Sheldon Lee Compton (here), Ryan Pratt (here), C.A. LaRue (here) and Paul Rocca (here). You can see her full review here.

mclennan was also recently interviewed on the collection by Brock University student Vanessa Cimon-Lambert. An earlier interview by another Brock University student, Hayley Malouin, on the same collection, lives here.

Copies of the book, of course, can still be ordered here.

National Poetry Month 2014: Eleni Zisimatos,

Remembering 
 
Missing, you are missing
the puzzle is you
I don’t know real from unreal
anymore
or maybe
I do.

That is the problem
knowing too much can
fuel infernal fires
undo the clasps
of a black gown

dropped.

I fall only to rise
I must be careful not to
over-extend

the choir of angels sings,
slow

Eleni Zisimatos writes, edits and reads. She is Co-editor-in-Chief of Vallum: Contemporary Poetry. Her work has been short-listed for the National Magazine Awards (in poetry) and the Robert Kroetsch Award. She currently lives in Montreal.