NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

An independent small press poetry review

NHI independent review
Carve
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Pointe Claire
Quebec
H9R 3Y7
Canada
ISSN 1712-9141
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This page last updated: 14th December 2007. 		Carve Spring 2005

This is a well-presented A5 stapled booklet containing 40 pages, and it states at the front that it is:

. . . a biannual zine that seeks to uncover, unite, and celebrate all manner of English- language literary activities occurring on the island of Montreal. In CARVE you'll find poetry and short fiction, articles, personal essays, book reviews, interviews and other pieces that reflect the truly eclectic spirit of the literary arts community in this city . . .
An inaugural issue, it has pleasant line illustrations by Sarah Robinson. It contains a mixture of prose and poetry, a couple of reviews, and short notes about the contributors. It does not lack variety. The poetry ranges from linguistic to sonnet form:
	It is not a grave, nor does it look like one,
	this wet grey wound opening like a jaw
	as ferrous trickles gather jettisoned
	paper cups, lost beach glass, a shoe — the slaw
The above is the opening of Katia Grubisic's CHANTIER. There is also an article by editor Andrea Belcham called ANGELA LEUCK; FINDING BEAUTY IN THE EVERYDAY. Until recently Leuck was associate editor of Shoreline Press's haiku imprint and is regional co-ordinator of Haiku Canada:
	after winter
	on her bare leg
	a rose tattoo
There is a touching little tale by Sherwin Tjia called THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD which is about a bus ride:
There's the Girl with Unusual Glasses. I have a permanent crush on her. She always gets off at the athletic centre, which confuses me because she looks so artsy. I guess artsy people can be athletic. Anyway, once I saw her reading a graphic novel, and I thought that she was the perfect girl for me.
An interesting new little journal.

reviewer: Doreen King.