Holding Pattern

Rhodes investigates the boundaries between poetry and fiction through a selection of lyrical poems and two long poems. A love affair unfolds alongside excerpts from Kafka’s journals. A pornographer remembers his childhood. The end of a relationship takes place in the banter between footnotes and a poem. This second collection places Rhodes within a small group of young, talented writers at the breaking point—and forefront—of Canadian poetry.

Shane Rhodes is the author of The Wireless Room (1-896300-15-4), which won the Alberta Book Award for poetry, and Holding Pattern (1-896300-60-X), which won the Archibald Lampman Award. He has published chapbooks, poems, reviews, articles, and essays in magazines and newspapers across Canada and has worked as an editor with filling Station, The Fiddlehead, and Qwerty. Rhodes' poetry has recently appeared in a number of Canadian poetry anthologies including New Canadian Poetry and Breathing Fire II. Rhodes lives in Ottawa, ON.