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Book Reviews and Criticism

  • "In search of the way to get from A to B." Cary Fagan, London Free Press, 28 April 1990.
  • "Domestic Economy." Mark Young, Scene (London), 2(4), May 10, 1990, p. 9.
  • "Domestic Economy." D. Parker, Fringe Benefits (London), #4, July/August 1990, [p.21]
  • "Domestic Economy." J.K. Snyder, The Antigonish Review, #84, summer 1991, p. 162-65.
  • "Domestic Economy." Chris Faiers, Canadian Book Review Annual, 1990, p214-215.
  • "Probing the Human Existence." John Tyndall, London Free Press, June 5, 1993.
  • "Baysville." Mark Young, Scene, July 15-July 28, 1993, p.11.
  • "Signs of the Tar Baby." Mary Dalton, Books in Canada, December 1993, p. 51-52 .
  • "Windows, Not Frames." Jay Ruzesky, Event, winter 1993-94, p. 139-141.
  • "Three Poets." Cary Fagan, Globe and Mail, 12 Feb 1994, p. C9.
  • "Wisdom Systems." Craig W. McLuckie, Canadian Literature, #145, summer 1995, p. 139-141.
  • "Green Man." Ronnie R. Brown, Canadian Bookseller, October 1999, p.8.
  • "Oh, For Sin and Salvation." Len Gasparini, The Toronto Star, Sunday, November 21, 1999, p. D27.
  • "Green Man." Paul Vermeersch, Quill and Quire, November 1999, p. 42.
  • "Under the Leaves." Meg Walker, Monday Magazine (Victoria), 26(15), April 13-19, 2000, p. 17.
  • "John Donlan." Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 35(1), 2000, p.183.
  • "Exploring Rivers, Landscapes: Outer and Inner." Gillian Harding-Russell, Event, 29(2), summer 2000, p.115-117.
  • [Laurie Block, John Livingstone Clark, John Donlon [sic], Carl Leggo]. David Jarraway, Journal of Canadian Poetry, v. 16, 2001["for the year 1999"], p.26-32.
  • "Green Man." Hugh Oliver, Canadian Book Review Annual, 2001, p. 194.
  • "Deep-felt tales of nature, a work of transformation." Barbara Carey. Toronto Star, July 23, 2008.
  • "John Donlan and the dames." Judith Fitzgerald. MonstersandCritics.com July 21 2008.
  • "John Donlan at Tree." Pagehalffull.com/Humanyms May 28 2008.
  • "The lasat three books of my year." Lorette Luzajik.
  • LiteraryAddict.wordpress.com. November 16 2008.
  • "The heart in love, the heart in nature." Bill Robertson. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, January 10, 2009.
  • "Count on it." Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2009.
  • "The Time of Your LIfe." Christine Borsuk.
  • "Spirit Engine." Jenna Butler, poetryreviews.ca.
  • "Review of Spirit Engine, by John Donlan." Anne Burke, Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, January 30, 2008
  • "'No though is free of the world': Two Recent Books of Nature Poetry (So-Called)." Nicholas Bradley, The Goose, Spring 20098, issue 5, pages 59-62.
  • "Exemplars of Possibility." A.F. Moritz, Books in Canada, 35(1), Jan./Feb. 2006, p. 32-33.


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