Pale Red Footprints

“...a polished debut...[There] is little doubt that the most marked footprints Press leaves are pressed in poetry.” — Quill & Quire

The book is out of print -- contact the author if you want to get your hands on it.

Read an interview about the book.

Design

Pale Red Footprints was designed by Zab Design and Typography. The cover art is by Dan Bazuin. It was printed at Coach House Printing in Toronto on gorgeous light-brown pages and with flyleaves printed a custom colour of blue.

Dan Bazuin's artwork was created by scratching photographic film.

Poems from the book

These poems published online also appear in Pale Red Footprints:

pandemic-era reading of "Mal aux cheveux" and "The Parish Boys"
"Underground" (with bonus poem "Amphibian," not from the book)

Pale Red Footprints is about my grandfather's settler story. (That's Memère and Pepère in the middle.)

Awards

The book's designer won an Alcuin Citation for book design.