Criticism

General

• "Provocative take on handling problems of violence, addiction," by Douglas J. Johnston, Winnipeg Free Press, 7/19/2009
• "Review," by Michael Greenstein, Prairie Fire Magazine, 7/3/2009
• "Movement of Insight," by Paul Finnegan, MD, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 7/1/2008
• "Medic Poetics," by Shane Nelson, Arch Poetry Magazine 60: The Dog-eared Issue, 5/21/2008

Elephant Street

• The Toronto Star, Books, Aug 31, 2003, review of Elephant Street, "Only the fit survive" by Barbara Carey

Petrushkin!

• Globe and Mail, March 18, 2000, review of Petrushkin!, "Poets, not poseurs," by Kenneth Sherman

The Big Life Painting

• Prairie Fire, Winter 1988-89, Review of The Big Life Painting
       by Cary Fagan
  
• Poetry Canada (Chronicle section), 1990, The Big Life Painting, Reviewed
        by Rhea Tregebov
  
• Arc, Spring, 1990, Review of The Big Life Painting
        by Robbie Newton Drummond
  
• Edmonton Journal, 1990, "MD's poems tell 'naked' truth"
  
• Queen's Journal, 1990
  
• Ontario Medical Review, 1990 October, "Anthology illustrates the Poetic Talents of Canadian Physicians"
        Review by Ian J S Moore
  
• Review of The Naked Physician
        by Deb Kinsella
  
• Vancouver Province, 1991, "Poems on life's heartbeat are just what the doctor ordered",
        by John Moore
  
• The New England Journal of Medicine, August 22, 1991, Review of The Naked Physician
        by Dr John Stone
  
• Family Practice (November 2, 91), "Anthology of physicians' poems offers 'gritty insight' into life, death experiences," Review of The Naked Physician
        by Elaine McNinch
  
• Humane Medicine, 1992, Review of The Naked Physician
        by Miriam Waddington

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