Burn diary, Joshua Chris Bouchard

Wolsak & Wynn, 2023

Burn Diary by Joshua Chris Bouchard is a collection of poems that masters the art of giving and taking. What is given to us is a dive into the physicality of poetry at a grassroots level, but what's taken is the innocence we had before experiencing it. Bouchard puppeteers the words and yanks the strings when you least expect it, and even when it becomes expected, that surprising excitement does not fade. Burn Diary is a must-ride rollercoaster to behold that renews your voucher each time the page is turned.

—Luigi Sposato, Etobicoke