Reviews
Reviews of The Possible Past:
How limited we are by our particular place in chronology, and yet how liberated, too, since our minds can transport us to at least an imagined version of other times. (read more…)
- Meg Walker, The Globe & Mail
Poetry should be a clear expression of mixed feelings, as W.H. Auden said. Aislinn Hunter’s latest collection follows that theory. (read more…)
- David Silverberg, a freelance writer and founder of the Toronto reading series Suburban Spoken Word.
Reviews of Stay:
“Hunter’s first novel, Stay, is ambitious. In it, she tackles the theme of time and all its implications — ever-changing and moving, elastic and stiff. (read more…)
“Hunter, a Vancouverite who has lived in Ireland, has been lavishly praised for her short stories and poems, but what really distinguished her is her fearlessness. (read more…)
“Stay’s rigorous examination of the relationship between colonialism, globalization, and identity places it in the company of Michael Ondaatje and other postcolonial writers of the last decade… (read more…)
“Stay, by Aislinn Hunter, has an exceptional sense of place. With wonderful examples of sight, sound, taste, touch and smell, Hunter captures rural Ireland… (read more…),
- W.P. Kinsella (Books in Canada)
Reviews of Into the Early Hours:
“Into the Early Hours clearly documents Aislinn Hunter as a gifted master poet whose verse is unique, engaging, and memorable.”
“These are substantial poems of humour and wonder… characterized by a generosity of imagination as well as a breadth and depth of engagement with its human concerns. This is writing that has a stake in the world; that takes risks.”
- ARC, Canada’s National Poetry Magazine
Reviews of What’s Left Us:
“An exceptional example of its kind… Smart, often humorous, and always serious about the destinies of the characters who populate it.”
“If your interest is piqued by the combination of slippery wit and high literary cool, then pick up this collection and be richly rewarded.”
“A compelling debut by one of Canada’s most talented new writers.”