Jon Paul Fiorentino meditates on the utter lack of complexity in the linguistic patterns of hockey thugs in these two poems about Brian Bellows. Maybe you remember this? Brian Bellows Mows the Lawn Nice fucking mower, Bellows— get off the fucking lawn Grab your weed whacker, Bellows— yeah, that’s right Way to water that...
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Woah. Just…woah. Usually this is the part of The Round Bus where your wayward Barn editor regales you with witty reparte as a way of introducing the week’s roundtable. But, unfortunately, your Barn editor drank all the whiskey in western Quebec last night, and wit and wisdom were left somewhere at the bottom of...
Read more →Hard to believe 2012 is coming to an end. We have no recollection of it beginning, as we did not exist. But as 2012 rumbled through its infancy, the Barn took shape. We had no illusions of grandeur, no wild fantasies of fame and fortune. All we wanted to do was create a place...
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Happy Halloween from The Barnstormer! This year, we’re dressing as we do every day: a genuinely amazed and grateful crew, thankful to our readers, and our talented and generous contributors for being a part of the Barn each and every day. Do us a favour, get yourself a treat, and check out the Contributors page....
Read more →Another new feature from The Barnstormer: The Round Bus, a weekly roundtable discussion of the world that is, that was, that be. More often than not The Round Bus will feature a few of The Barnstormer editors and some special guests. This week The Barn’s Ian Orti, Bryan Jay Ibeas, Andrew Forbes, and Mike...
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Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Montreal-based writer and contributor to The Barnstormer. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Matrix magazine, whose 5th annual LitPop contest in association with Pop Montreal ends soon. You can find the details here. WHEN I WAS A KID, I would save up my allowance so I could go to Winnipeg...
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