In rob mclennan’s Periodicity Journal, prize-winning Ottawa poet Jean Van Loon gives Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue a very fine reception. JC Sulzenko thanks Van Loon for her careful consideration of this collection of found poems, written under the pen name A. Garnett Weiss. Van Loon comments on the collection of 60+ poems as […]
Posted on 6 December 2024 | 7:02 am
JC Sulzenko’s new book of poetry, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue, was launched on Saturday, November 30 at the Prince Edward County Public Library’s branch in Picton. The hour-long celebration included readings by those in attendance and ended with refreshments. Published under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss, Life, after Life is JC’s third poetry […]
Posted on 25 November 2024 | 6:17 am
JC thanks Editor Jenny O’Grady for selecting her to work with visual artist Vin Grabill for the 59th issue of The Light Ekphrastic (TLE.) “I have been paired with exciting creators through this online, innovative journal a number of times. This autumn’s experience proved challenging and rewarding.” The journal’s process allows each partner to select […]
Posted on 20 November 2024 | 5:55 am
Aeolus House launched JC’s new book of poetry, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue, on Sunday, November 3, at the Free Times Café in Toronto. The book is published under JC’s pen name, A. Garnett Weiss. The event celebrated how JC turned words and phrases found in obituaries published in the Globe and Mail into […]
Posted on 25 September 2024 | 12:09 pm
Join JC over the weekend of October 14 and 15 to explore collage and found poetry and the dialogue between the two as part of the offerings from the The Prince Edward County Arts Council at the Armoury in Picton, Ontario. Each afternoon, participants will delve into their personal experience and how that relates to […]
Posted on 3 September 2023 | 6:55 am
JC thanks ARTSCENE host Sarah Moran for inviting her to participate in the discussion on June 2 of winning entries in the 2023 Wind & Water Writing Contest, the 5th such competition sponsored by County Arts in Prince Edward County. JC, writing as A. Garnett Weiss, won first prize for her cento, “For our many […]
Posted on 30 May 2023 | 7:46 am
JC thanked the judges and convenors of the Prince Edward County Arts Council’s Annual Wind and Water Writing Contest for selecting her cento as the winning poetry entry. The cento “For our many moods, there is nothing like a lantern” uses lines drawn unaltered apart for reasons of punctuation from individual poems by 9 different […]
Posted on 23 May 2023 | 12:17 pm
JC reads from her collection, Bricolage, A Gathering of Centos, at the Spring into Poetry in-person book launch, Saturday, April 15 at the Toronto Public Library’s Main Street Branch, 137 Main Street. IB Iskov, President and Founder of the Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS), and Aeolus House Publisher Allan Briesmaster co-host this TOPS event at which […]
Posted on 15 April 2023 | 6:31 am
JC was delighted with the turn-out for the April 11 ZOOM workshop on how to find a poem as a way to celebrate National Poetry Month! Whether erasure, black-out, or cut-up poetry intrigues (or all 3!), this hour-long interactive session engaged local and faraway participants in exploring the possibilities for creating an original work from […]
Posted on 10 April 2023 | 4:29 pm
JC Sulzenko participated in the Poetry Super Highway’s Great Poetry Exchange by sending a copy of her collection of centos to another poet whose address the US-based publisher provided. She wrote BRICOLAGE as A. Garnett Weiss, her pseudonym. Here’s the link to the list of poets whose work featured in this 2023 initiative: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/great_poetry_exchange/ “This […]
Posted on 5 March 2023 | 8:22 am
