The Seaboard Review of Books: A Wednesday Edition
April 1, 2026
In this issue:
The Breakwater by Leslie Shimotakahara (Fiction)
Cherry Beach by Don Gillmor (Fiction)
The Wren by A.F. Moritz (Poetry)
Two Poems to End the Winter (Poems)
Women United by Peggy Nash and Julie White (Non-Fiction)
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Fiction
The Breakwater by Leslie Shimotakahara
Cathy Matsumoto lives in Toronto and is rebuilding her life after a divorce when her father, Yas, calls to tell her his plans to take a trip. Yas says he wants to go to Victoria, BC, to visit a dying relative, a cousin he has not been in touch with for a long time. Cathy has never heard of this cousin and is both intrigued and worried about Yas travelli…
Non-Fiction
Women United by Peggy Nash and Julie White
In Women United: Stories of Women’s Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union, Peggy Nash and Julie White offer a history of women’s involvement in, and contributions to, the Canadian Auto Workers union (formerly United Auto Workers-Canada).
Poetry
The Wren by A.F. Moritz
“The Wren” is an eponymous sonnet batted back to the cover of A.F. Moritz’s twenty-third book of poems. The bird utters no sound except for those provided by the throated lines themselves. A throng of monosyllables in the opening line measures its presence “In the stand of short thick stems of grass.” Sibilants and the tick of short and thick arrest the…
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