Bradley Peters’ work has appeared in Grain, subTerrain and Geist, and is forthcoming in the Malahat Review. Peters won the 2019 Short Grained Contest for poetry and was recently shortlisted for the Ralph Gustafson poetry prize. He lives in Mission, BC.
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ADVICE FOR THE LIT-LORN Why doesn’t anyone in North America say barmy for balmy? According to my research, Barmy came first and still enjoys a jolly life. But most North American dictionaries don’t even mention the earlier Scots barmy. —Simon McGavin, Cyberspace |