Criticism and Reviews Written By John Donlan

• "The Road of Excess" (Bloody Jack, by Dennis Cooley). Contemporary Verse 2, 10(1), Spring 1986, p. 61-63.
• "A World of Pains and Troubles" (The Night Workers of Ragnarok, by Kristjana Gunnars). Contemporary Verse 2, 10(1), Spring 1986, p. 64-67.
• "Star-Filled Heads: Thibaudeau, Hall, Moure" (The Martha Landscapes, by Colleen Thibaudeau; A Minor Operation and Why I haven't Written, by Phil Hall; Domestic Fuel, by Erin Moure). Arc, 17, Autumn 1986, p. 76-84.
• "Communication Deluxe" (in the second person, by Smaro Kamboureli). Contemporary Verse 2, 10(3), Spring 1987, p. 58-60.
• "Mythic and Surreal" (Whitefaces, by Fraser Sutherland; Second Nature, by Libby Scheier; Adam and Eve in Middle Age, by Rona Murray). Canadian Literature, 116, Spring 1988, p. 153-154.
• "The Light of Nature" (Art of Darkness, by David McFadden; Mountain Tea, by Peter van Toorn). Arc, 20, Spring 1988, p. 13-17.
• "Writ in Snow" (Flight of the Falcon, by J.A. Wainwright). Canadian Literature, 119, Winter 1988, p. 116-118.
• "Son of Dada"(The Merzbook:Kurt Schwitters Poems, by Colin Morton). Arc, 21, Autumn 1988, p. 63-65.
• "Edge Work" (On the Ground, by Robert Flanagan). The Fiddlehead, 171, Spring 1992, p. 128-129.
• Introduction, Alan Dayton: Players: Portraits for the Theatre (exhibition catalogue). Stratford: The Gallery, 1993.
• Introduction, Alan Dayton: Players (exhibition catalogue). Blyth: Blyth Festival Art Gallery, 1993.
• "Bachelor Machines". (Phantoms in the Ark, by A.F. Moritz). The Fiddlehead, 183, Spring 1995, p. 12 .

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