Press
Jul 4, 2020
Canadian Poetry Review
A surprise to trip across this review of serpentine loop from 2017 in Canadian Poetry Review!
Apr 29, 2020
Red Alder Review
Red Alder Review asked me some questions and published “Zuihitsu for Chris Kraus”.
Mar 24, 2020
Margo LaPierre
Margo LaPierre reviewed and read from Trauma Head as she did a makeup tutorial!
Mar 7, 2020
Ottawa Review of Books
A fantastic, comprehensive review of Trauma Head in the Ottawa Review of Books.
Feb 19, 2020
Catherine Owen reviewed Against Death:35 Essays on Living
Catherine Owen reviewed Against Death:35 Essays on Living on her site: an “essential addition to literature on illness, accident, suffering, death, grief, mourning and survival.”
Jan 12, 2020
CBC Rebroadcast
CBC’s North by Northwest rebroadcast my interview about Trauma Head from Jan 19, 2019.
Sep 23, 2019
Room magazine podcast
Fainting Couch Feminist, the podcast from Room magazine. Host Mica Lemiski interviews me about the impetus behind Against Death and Trauma Head.
Sep 23, 2019
Vancouver Magazine
Vancouver magazine. Steve Burgess writes about Against Death.
Sep 22, 2019
CBC Radio’s NXNW
CBC Radio’s NXNW. Sheryl McKay spoke with Against Death contributors Mikaela Asfour, Aislinn Hunter, Jen Van Evra and me about our experiences.
Sep 15, 2019
CKNW Radio
CKNW Radio, the Jill Bennett Show. Jill spoke with me about Against Death. (click the last chapter!)
Jul 15, 2019
The Ormsby Review
The Ormsby Review on Trauma Head: Here, and elsewhere, Gardiner uses understatement and humour to release tension: “what is your name/ /L/E,” a line that is linguistically correct and typographically playful. Her play with language and sound allows for confusion, clarity, and self-deprecation, and lets readers see themselves there, invites them to relax a little because she’s okay — and inevitably to tense a bit too because anything in our bodies, such intricate machines, could go wrong.”
Apr 3, 2019
The Arts Report
The Arts Report on CiTR reviews Trauma Head, “emotionally gruesome because you go through her head as she was feeling in those moments,” “a great read…so emotionally charged”
Mar 7, 2019
The Toronto Star
The Toronto Star calls Trauma Head a, “remarkable second collection,” in the group review, “Latest poetry explores inner struggles and questions the world in which we live”
Jan 30, 2019
49th Shelf
Trauma Head is one of 49th Shelf’s Books to Get You Through February.
Jan 25, 2019
CBC radio’s North By Northwest
I was a guest on CBC radio’s North By Northwest for a 15 minute interview with Sheryl MacKay.
Dec 18, 2018
Catherine Owen’s review of Trauma Head
Catherine Owen’s review of Trauma Head mentions its, “soothing, stirring gorgeousness.”