Track & Trace

“Wells appears to be a poet with good sense, one with the intelligence to make use of unusual material (arctic airstrip, "colourful" co-workers) but not to expect too much of that material on its own, to respect not only his material but also his readers by applying actual poetic skill, wordcraft, employing his vocabulary, his command of the language, his awareness of imagery, his eye and his ear to make something more of the material. Why is this so rare?”—Sharon McCartney, The Fiddlehead