PreviewsAriel Gordon

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  Fungal

  Foraging in the Urban Forest

  Ariel Gordon

  This follow-up to the essay collection Treed takes readers on hunts for morels, on mudlarking expeditions, into a mushroom factory, into Gordon’s private collection of mushroom collectibles and books, and on searches for information about hallucinogenic mushroom treatments and mushroom classification, as Gordon, with her characteristic wit, candour, and delight, reveals the interconnectedness of living and made things.

  (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd, $22.00 Paperback, 250 pages, ISBN: 978-19-89496-92-3)  

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  Siteseeing

  Ariel Gordon, Brenda Schmidt

  This renga-style collaborative poetry collection was written between February 2021 and March 2022, when Gordon, writing about Winnipeg trees and mushrooms, and Schmidt, writing about rural Saskatchewan birds and animals, created a call and response tribute to nature in all its distress and glory.

  (At Bay Press, $24.95 Paperback, 150 pages, ISBN: 978-19-98779-04-8)  

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  Tree Talk

  Ariel Gordon

  This long/found poem is the result of a project during which Gordon spent two days sitting on a patio on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg, re-foliating an elm tree with snippets of poems written by her and passersby who felt inclined to contribute. The final assemblage asks the question: What does it mean to live in the urban forest?

  (At Bay Press, $19.95 hc, 96 pages, ISBN: 978- 1-988168-27-2)