About JC
JC Sulzenko’s award-winning poetry appears in anthologies and journals in print and online either under her own name or her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss.
Bricolage: A Gathering of Centos (Aeolus House), her second book of poetry, was named a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association’s 2022 national Fred Kerner Award. Her centos had won the 2023 and 2019 Wind & Water Contests (County Arts.) Point Petre Publishing issued her debut collection of narrative and lyric poetry, South Shore Suite…POEMS, in 2017.
A full member of the League of Canadian Poets, JC serves on the Board of the Ontario Poetry Society. JC writes poetry on commission and creates impromptu poems as fundraisers for charitable causes. She welcomes opportunities to introduce her work to community groups.
What’s New
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Review by Blaine Marchand
Blaine Marchand reviews Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue for The Ontario Poetry Society’s magazine, Verse Afire
An upcoming issue of Verse Afire, the flagship semi-annual magazine from The Ontario Poetry Society, will feature Ottawa poet Blaine Marchand’s definitive review of JC’s third poetry collection, published under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss.
Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue offers over 60 found poems which use words and phrases drawn unaltered from obituaries published in the Globe and Mail.
Marchand’s cogent observations about this, her second book of found poems, include these quotes:
“…the poet creates tankas that are exquisitely beautiful, insightful, compelling, and haunting.”
“…these epilogues are tributes that encapsulate the nuances and fleeting moments that shape human life and emotions.”
“Over and over, these poems literally take one’s breath away, which is indeed a fit metaphor for such a book.”
JC thanks Blaine Marchant for sharing his insights into Life, after life, which Aeolus House published in the fall of 2024.
To read the review in full, click here.
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K. V. Skene reviews LIFE, AFTER LIFE–FROM EPITAPH TO EPILOGUE
Please check out Ontario poet K. V. Skene’s thoughtful and welcome response to JC’s 3rd poetry collection, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue.
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JC’s New Website (2025)
Welcome to JC Sulzenko’s new website, which retained and updated the most important information from her 2012 site.
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New book review: John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”
JC returns to sharing short reviews of books particularly those which she scores high. Go to Bookends on this site to read about Steinbeck’s 1962 memoir or click on this direct link. JC finds it prescient and gives it a rating of 8/10.
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