John Harris
John Harris is the author of 'Small Rain," "Other Art" and "Tungsten John." He lives in Prince George, B.C.
Poet and Son: Wat Raleigh
John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series tells the tale of Walter and Wat Raleigh.
Read MorePoet and Son: William Gascoigne
The second of John Harris’s series “Poet and Son” is about George and William Gascoigne.
Read MorePoet and Son: Lewis Chaucer
The first of John Harris’s series-in-progress, “Poet and Son,” is about Geoffrey and Lewis Chaucer.
Read MoreSelf-Publish or Perish
John Harris goes to the Writers Union AGM to learn about self-publishing. Here’s his report on what he learned
Read MoreMegaballers: Charlotte Gill’s Eating Dirt
John Harris takes on Charlotte Gill’s award winning book on treeplanting. He thinks it’s pretty good, but better on forestry and treeplanting than on the treeplanters themselves.
Read MoreVersions of North
John Harris “does” G.P. Lainsbury’s long poem, Versions of North, thus establishing Lainsbury as a serious force in B.C. Poetry.
Read MoreThe New Ken Belford: Reaching Out without Selling Out
John Harris gives Ken Belford’s new book of poems the kind of close reading poets ought to be willing to kill to get, even when it doesn’t entirely come out the way they’d want.
Read MoreA Florida Christmas Story
In the spirit of this Yuletide, John Harris posts a retelling of what Good King Wenceslas really did upon the Feast of Stephen–according to a now Florida-based neo-Capitalist culture hero of yore. Merry Christmas, all!
Read MoreMore on Juxtaposition
John Harris loses his temper at the dooneyscafe.com editors, and then quickly regains control of it. Thus, the editors get what they asked for, and the universe continues to unfold as it should.
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