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]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Downey Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-09-14T11:41:28-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/def4ebc6a8fb8d49945d4a2686ec32fc-137.html#unique-entry-id-137</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/def4ebc6a8fb8d49945d4a2686ec32fc-137.html#unique-entry-id-137</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Downey (Galleon Books, 2026) by Leo LaFleur is now in The Seaboard Review of Books.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scenery</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-09-07T15:59:40-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/c109be8c2416d8fc5b685d92eb5eae4d-136.html#unique-entry-id-136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/c109be8c2416d8fc5b685d92eb5eae4d-136.html#unique-entry-id-136</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken poetry video of his poem Scenery is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Our Lady of Steerage Excerpt</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-09-01T10:34:34-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5d70f61702666915683019ff6cb0a88e-135.html#unique-entry-id-135</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5d70f61702666915683019ff6cb0a88e-135.html#unique-entry-id-135</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken word video is an excerpt from his first novel Our Lady of Steerage (Bunim & Bannigan, 2015) and is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Suspended Animation Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-09-01T10:18:07-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5b7c46474a2f4b0a78f83b43c679e887-134.html#unique-entry-id-134</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5b7c46474a2f4b0a78f83b43c679e887-134.html#unique-entry-id-134</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s "Hot Take&rdquo; review of Suspended Animation by Nick Voro (Galleon Books, 2026) is now in The Seaboard Review of Books.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mount Royal</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-08-27T09:50:08-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9fff1cfbd78eec3976d5bd2893031376-133.html#unique-entry-id-133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9fff1cfbd78eec3976d5bd2893031376-133.html#unique-entry-id-133</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken poetry video Mount Royal from his ekphrastic poetry chapbook Leonard&rsquo;s Flat is now up on YouTube.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The View from Stansberry Lookout Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-08-25T07:51:33-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/13f73902f62c867ba1fbab0555b7b546-132.html#unique-entry-id-132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/13f73902f62c867ba1fbab0555b7b546-132.html#unique-entry-id-132</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of The View from Stansberry Lookout by James Gaitis is now on the The Seaboard Review of Books
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Phone Booth</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-08-22T07:54:07-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/c5f97114a239a396beff74414864be10-131.html#unique-entry-id-131</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/c5f97114a239a396beff74414864be10-131.html#unique-entry-id-131</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken word video Phone Booth is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>In the Dark Hours Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-08-18T08:53:04-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bc2571820096f8fd694134981d5174be-130.html#unique-entry-id-130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bc2571820096f8fd694134981d5174be-130.html#unique-entry-id-130</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of In the Dark Hours by Jeremy Le Page and published by Lost Telegram Press appears in The Seaboard Review of Books]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Publication Day</title><category>Novels</category><category>News</category><dc:date>2026-08-15T07:18:10-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e87d862ca380287d0634532fb603feea-129.html#unique-entry-id-129</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e87d862ca380287d0634532fb603feea-129.html#unique-entry-id-129</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;A fabulous fable of politics, identity and love where no-one and nothing is what you (or they) expect, where the reveal is a revelation, the transformation is sexual and the sex is transformational, where operatic surprise, comedy and drama are the stage for a serious examination of modern power and policy, Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera is a wit-quickened card trick of a novel.&rdquo;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some Rise by Sin</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-08-06T07:33:28-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d75660f6bf420f2d8dfdbb44574b26f1-128.html#unique-entry-id-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d75660f6bf420f2d8dfdbb44574b26f1-128.html#unique-entry-id-128</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Some Rise by Sin, excerpted from his upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera (Galleon Books, 2026) is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Best Served Cool</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-07-27T14:18:29-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d90500440b308e96709b737a1ba04fdc-127.html#unique-entry-id-127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d90500440b308e96709b737a1ba04fdc-127.html#unique-entry-id-127</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Best Served Cool, an excerpt from his upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera (Galleon Books, 2026), is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poor Man&#x27;s Opera #4</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-07-15T09:34:00-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9c57f7d15c7c6ebb417dee41a777883d-126.html#unique-entry-id-126</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9c57f7d15c7c6ebb417dee41a777883d-126.html#unique-entry-id-126</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The 4th and final excerpt of Steven&rsquo;s upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Birthday Address</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-07-03T20:27:41-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/64baa3f0883cade48362539dbec8fad5-125.html#unique-entry-id-125</link><guid 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#3</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-06-19T08:42:34-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9f368e552e4aae16e34b91eca23f1809-123.html#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9f368e552e4aae16e34b91eca23f1809-123.html#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The spoken word video of Steven&rsquo;s 3rd excerpt from his upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poor Man&#x27;s Opera Review</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-06-18T20:16:31-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e29aabc0e192acbcf3f957b5f90ff259-122.html#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e29aabc0e192acbcf3f957b5f90ff259-122.html#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[An early review of Steven's upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera by Dr. Amy Tucker is now on her Substack The Third Shore]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>There is No Decent Place to Stand Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-06-15T11:12:55-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/963d4eaa6acbb61ccee06c1f6ab9ddc9-121.html#unique-entry-id-121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/963d4eaa6acbb61ccee06c1f6ab9ddc9-121.html#unique-entry-id-121</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of the novel There is No Decent Place to Stand by Jeremiah Prenn (Galleon Books, 2026) appears in The Seaboard Review of Books]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>9/11&#x2013;24/7</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-06-12T18:13:56-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/40d190b5802db8559f45f93e9a6728f9-120.html#unique-entry-id-120</link><guid 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#2</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-05-19T11:29:01-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3b705e3120e01f3b4ce295ee38ce9ba8-116.html#unique-entry-id-116</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3b705e3120e01f3b4ce295ee38ce9ba8-116.html#unique-entry-id-116</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken word video, the second excerpt from his upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera, is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Night Terminus Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-05-11T21:51:35-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c8bd9dfad1f2f33c38ad3c11263166c-115.html#unique-entry-id-115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c8bd9dfad1f2f33c38ad3c11263166c-115.html#unique-entry-id-115</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's review of Night Terminus by Ellis Scott appears in The Seaboard Review of Books.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forgiveness</title><category>Video</category><category> Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-05-10T21:18:57-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fffc136cdfdce0d7bb500a6e0e95ba8d-114.html#unique-entry-id-114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fffc136cdfdce0d7bb500a6e0e95ba8d-114.html#unique-entry-id-114</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's spoken word video Forgiveness is now on YouTube.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poor Man&#x27;s Opera</title><category>Video</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2026-04-28T21:35:39-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/54b2795dab7a780e4e2694213005544a-113.html#unique-entry-id-113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/54b2795dab7a780e4e2694213005544a-113.html#unique-entry-id-113</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The New Familiarity</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-04-12T21:46:38-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c1545f2914eb7b5e9208ceccdade0d5-112.html#unique-entry-id-112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c1545f2914eb7b5e9208ceccdade0d5-112.html#unique-entry-id-112</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken poem video The New Familiarity is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poor Man&#x27;s Opera #1</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-03-30T20:52:00-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/b809e1cc102cf7fc87f1bc9bb965fc80-111.html#unique-entry-id-111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/b809e1cc102cf7fc87f1bc9bb965fc80-111.html#unique-entry-id-111</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken word video of an excerpt from his upcoming novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera (Galleon Books, 2026) is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>At the Mercy of Our Muses Chat</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2026-03-23T17:07:23-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4448490b9bae8f5d615e09be0be43775-110.html#unique-entry-id-110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4448490b9bae8f5d615e09be0be43775-110.html#unique-entry-id-110</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s chat with Lost Telegram Press publisher Christopher Shoust and fellow LTP author John Biscello on the role ego plays in our books, The Last Furies (John) and At the Mercy of Our Muses: two novellas (me) is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What We Know So Far Is...Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-03-23T11:19:04-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6be423efdbfd6c5aca9b648423a8c294-108.html#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6be423efdbfd6c5aca9b648423a8c294-108.html#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review What We Know So Far Is&hellip; by Conor Mc Donnell is in Issue 34 of The Temz Review.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-03-16T16:01:32-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/08c84f7a3577ef083bef37a6a5d3e528-107.html#unique-entry-id-107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/08c84f7a3577ef083bef37a6a5d3e528-107.html#unique-entry-id-107</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive by Alison Gadsby appears in The Seaboard Review of Books.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>sleep is god</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-03-14T16:44:22-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/87603952eb4f236b2da06afc9f528bfd-106.html#unique-entry-id-106</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/87603952eb4f236b2da06afc9f528bfd-106.html#unique-entry-id-106</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video poem sleep is god is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Stan on Guard: A Two-Part Invention Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2026-02-23T20:10:21-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/eadb0abe0e7a197e0bd86335e9b18284-105.html#unique-entry-id-105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/eadb0abe0e7a197e0bd86335e9b18284-105.html#unique-entry-id-105</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Stan on Guard: A Two-Part Invention by K. R. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fist City</title><category>Short Story</category><dc:date>2026-02-13T06:29:30-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bcb4bae9f1708a8c1d5cecf66c4c81ba-104.html#unique-entry-id-104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bcb4bae9f1708a8c1d5cecf66c4c81ba-104.html#unique-entry-id-104</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s story Fist City appears in The Bookends Review.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Godot Asks for Directions</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-02-06T15:43:56-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/afdd7c57d3f4a93dc24c4f10168995b4-103.html#unique-entry-id-103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/afdd7c57d3f4a93dc24c4f10168995b4-103.html#unique-entry-id-103</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video poem Godot Asks for Directions is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Standing on the Shoulders of Weaklings</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-01-22T17:05:57-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6e5c3a51793a7208a2810ebf25aace8e-101.html#unique-entry-id-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6e5c3a51793a7208a2810ebf25aace8e-101.html#unique-entry-id-101</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Standing on the Shoulders of Weaklings is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>raining carnations</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2026-01-06T12:38:49-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5c615a0774c4a4bb8b791f31ea1f0c8e-100.html#unique-entry-id-100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/5c615a0774c4a4bb8b791f31ea1f0c8e-100.html#unique-entry-id-100</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video poem raining carnations is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Life&#x27;s Bad Novel</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-12-14T11:03:00-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fa19496e85746f5dc099d34042e9b81f-99.html#unique-entry-id-99</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fa19496e85746f5dc099d34042e9b81f-99.html#unique-entry-id-99</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Life&rsquo;s Bad Novel is up on YouTube]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fatted Calf Blues Review</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Short Story</category><dc:date>2025-12-10T18:15:36-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/754795caaa1520bfaa0076a358fb01cb-98.html#unique-entry-id-98</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/754795caaa1520bfaa0076a358fb01cb-98.html#unique-entry-id-98</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of his story collection Fatted Calf Blues (Turnstone Press, 2009) is now on Goodreads
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Said No One Ever</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-11-30T06:54:42-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/010135de656ce26446b8dfc87c3cee9c-97.html#unique-entry-id-97</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/010135de656ce26446b8dfc87c3cee9c-97.html#unique-entry-id-97</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Said No One Ever is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Who Gets Remembered?</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-11-18T19:37:01-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/b4c02fa18a0db9b7f479fb342a5d4082-96.html#unique-entry-id-96</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/b4c02fa18a0db9b7f479fb342a5d4082-96.html#unique-entry-id-96</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Who Gets Remembered? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Keith Burgoyne Interview Part 4</title><category>Video</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-11-07T12:03:35-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1f5a4469bd6256e778105c3b902d73d1-95.html#unique-entry-id-95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1f5a4469bd6256e778105c3b902d73d1-95.html#unique-entry-id-95</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 4 of Steven&rsquo;s interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone is on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Keith Burgoyne Interview Part 3</title><category>Video</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-11-05T14:41:34-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/db7d70f98b07702053ad1c8fb6c26c98-94.html#unique-entry-id-94</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/db7d70f98b07702053ad1c8fb6c26c98-94.html#unique-entry-id-94</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 3 of Steven&rsquo;s interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone is on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Keith Burgoyne Interview Part 2</title><category>Video</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-11-03T06:31:38-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8d5223d8087de3506e8f12af245131a1-93.html#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8d5223d8087de3506e8f12af245131a1-93.html#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 2 of Steven&rsquo;s interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone is on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Keith Burgoyne Interview Part 1</title><category>Video</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-11-01T20:32:01-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/192364b743f077ad2c3ddef727906add-92.html#unique-entry-id-92</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/192364b743f077ad2c3ddef727906add-92.html#unique-entry-id-92</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 1 of Steven&rsquo;s interview with Keith Burgoyne about Swinging Between Water and Stone is on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Learning to Leave</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-10-25T20:14:22-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cc84f394e92a1ce00fe281f5c959dbdc-91.html#unique-entry-id-91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cc84f394e92a1ce00fe281f5c959dbdc-91.html#unique-entry-id-91</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video poem Learning to Leave (from his revised edition Swinging Between Water and Stone published by Galleon Books in 2025) is now up on YouTube
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Secret Lives of Public Servents</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-10-20T13:07:39-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4ea0b0ce8cbd06faf8c56a093a12150b-90.html#unique-entry-id-90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4ea0b0ce8cbd06faf8c56a093a12150b-90.html#unique-entry-id-90</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of The Secret Lives of Public Servants (Galleon Books, 2025) is in The Seaboard Review of Books.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Constant Nobody</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-10-17T07:36:55-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/ed373f5aab80298dcd9103956daaaf88-89.html#unique-entry-id-89</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/ed373f5aab80298dcd9103956daaaf88-89.html#unique-entry-id-89</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s Throwback Thursday review of Constant Nobody by Michelle Butler Hallett appears in The Seaboard Review of Books.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Heart and the Soul</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-10-15T08:41:19-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fccba85c90b34d4050f7c7a002ddd51c-88.html#unique-entry-id-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/fccba85c90b34d4050f7c7a002ddd51c-88.html#unique-entry-id-88</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video The Heart and the Soul is now up on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Saving the Super-Rich from Themselves</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-09-28T11:24:44-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6791ea55f51b1d1f1888f4dce60f458c-87.html#unique-entry-id-87</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/6791ea55f51b1d1f1888f4dce60f458c-87.html#unique-entry-id-87</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video Saving the Super-Rich from Themselves is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>An Eye for a Tooth</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-09-13T15:37:32-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3ab30e422e03ff8cab86aa32b4f2164d-86.html#unique-entry-id-86</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3ab30e422e03ff8cab86aa32b4f2164d-86.html#unique-entry-id-86</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video An Eye for a Tooth is on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This is My Status</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-08-31T11:51:46-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1dd8181177ae09ca8c7e2761038da017-85.html#unique-entry-id-85</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1dd8181177ae09ca8c7e2761038da017-85.html#unique-entry-id-85</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video poem This is My Status in on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Get Lit on CFMU Interview</title><category>Radio</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-08-28T20:38:02-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/05b7e1ca6a87c590208c290e18e148ea-84.html#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/05b7e1ca6a87c590208c290e18e148ea-84.html#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven talks about Swinging Between Water and Stone wth Jamie Tennant for Get Lit on CFMU]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Don&#x27;t Know Who Needs to Hear This</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-08-16T14:42:30-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a6cf2d31c2e886807a6a7959fd2a6fb1-83.html#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a6cf2d31c2e886807a6a7959fd2a6fb1-83.html#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video I Don&rsquo;t Know Who Needs to Hear This is on YouTube.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>CBC PEI Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><category>Radio</category><dc:date>2025-08-09T08:58:32-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/59f4c3b1405531618ebcc9ae776cb055-82.html#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/59f4c3b1405531618ebcc9ae776cb055-82.html#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s interview with Mio Adilman on CBC PEI's Mainstreet from August 8, 2025.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This is Normal</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-07-30T12:34:56-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bc7fce0479da0dbd411a02409fa8b76d-81.html#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bc7fce0479da0dbd411a02409fa8b76d-81.html#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video This is Normal is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Seaboard Review </title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-07-22T10:20:34-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8bde050a47be058ccd554704a11c8766-79.html#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8bde050a47be058ccd554704a11c8766-79.html#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Michael Greenstein&rsquo;s review of Steven&rsquo;s novel The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief appears in The Seaboard Review of Books.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Million Likes to Cure Cancer</title><category>Poetry</category><category>Video</category><dc:date>2025-07-19T17:50:25-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1fedc5f82bf7c49becd7796e29005f23-78.html#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1fedc5f82bf7c49becd7796e29005f23-78.html#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s new spoken lyric video A Million Likes to Cure Cancer is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Our Lady of Steerage on Goodreads</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-07-16T14:58:04-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7d01e93c831cd9e84226699e2d7325b5-77.html#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7d01e93c831cd9e84226699e2d7325b5-77.html#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s Goodreads review of his first novel Our Lady of Steerage on the 10th anniversary of its publication.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Quiet Part Out Loud</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-07-01T10:53:03-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3ba719c2e8c023a1083a8fea3b73aefb-76.html#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3ba719c2e8c023a1083a8fea3b73aefb-76.html#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s video The Quiet Part Out Loud, the second in his series of spoken lyric videos, is now on YouTube.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Review of Swinging Between Water and Stone</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-07-01T09:17:41-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/36e3d9e996a5080d8ee16718db2517f5-75.html#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/36e3d9e996a5080d8ee16718db2517f5-75.html#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[John Oughton reviews Steven&rsquo;s revised edition of Swinging Between Water and Stone in The Seaboard Review.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Whole Story</title><category>Video</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2025-06-12T20:12:21-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/04bf068651f341c33fda5e61ebaf7e6b-74.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/04bf068651f341c33fda5e61ebaf7e6b-74.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s spoken lyric video The Whole Story is now on YouTube.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oliver Bell and the Infinite Multiverse</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-05-24T19:40:24-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0a434a31591fc8a3e143143e75a65358-73.html#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0a434a31591fc8a3e143143e75a65358-73.html#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Oliver Bell and the Infinite Multiverse by Jake Swan (Galleon Books, 2025) is on the River Street blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why I Wrote This Book</title><category>Essay</category><dc:date>2025-04-14T15:13:28-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/14565fc6fb93f484319671aea094fc8b-71.html#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/14565fc6fb93f484319671aea094fc8b-71.html#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s essay Why I Wrote This Book on his revised edition of Swinging Between Water and Stone from Galleon Books appears in The Miramichi Reader.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Revised Edition Swinging Between Water and Stone</title><category>Poetry</category><category>Podcast</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-04-06T18:34:16-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/44a8cf691df807c6c7c601a04cf91cac-70.html#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/44a8cf691df807c6c7c601a04cf91cac-70.html#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The revised edition of Steven's poetry collection Swinging Between Water and Stone, coming out in May from Galleon Books, uses reincarnation as its theme and is divided into four parts loosely representing birth, life, death and rebirth.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Jewish Independent Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-04-01T18:52:06-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/79849a1765275ba4bd6a7946991f68d3-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/79849a1765275ba4bd6a7946991f68d3-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Review of Steven&rsquo;s novel The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief on the Australian web site The Jewish Independent.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Workshop Junkie Comes Clean</title><category>Essay</category><dc:date>2025-03-06T07:29:32-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/96f87d64a0679b65097d7b64ad2b0213-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/96f87d64a0679b65097d7b64ad2b0213-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's essay, A Workshop Junkie Comes Clean, is the final instalment of his tenure as Reviewer in Residence for River Street Writing and appears on their blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>RuFF</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-02-06T07:53:48-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/732deee9dad1ab98655e77772a2922d9-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/732deee9dad1ab98655e77772a2922d9-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s final review as Reviewer in Residence for the River Street Writing blog is of RuFF by Rod Carley.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Think We&#x27;ve Been Here Before</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2025-01-06T21:54:48-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cbd306e9c4d3f0255eeafc8332b8e6f7-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cbd306e9c4d3f0255eeafc8332b8e6f7-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steve&rsquo;s review of I Think We&rsquo;ve Been Here Before (Radiant Press, 2024) by Suzy Krause on the River Street Writing blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Books Network Review</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2025-01-04T18:01:40-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a98a39c811b1c6ed8ce500f95aa8a508-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a98a39c811b1c6ed8ce500f95aa8a508-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven interviewed by Hollay Ghadery from the New Books Network.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Books Network Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2024-12-25T14:59:55-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/dddcc1404b0611a41dfa9184a88fc57a-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/dddcc1404b0611a41dfa9184a88fc57a-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven was interviewed by Hollay Ghadery about The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief for New Books Network
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Simple Carpenter</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-12-02T21:43:42-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1d107164e48c061cdff66b5c5b4afdac-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1d107164e48c061cdff66b5c5b4afdac-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of A Simple Carpenter (Radiant Press, 2024) by Dave Margoshes is on the River Street Writing blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Cover Design</title><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2024-11-12T11:09:52-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/48bd6a07a3b403725ffef3e8b48aa65a-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/48bd6a07a3b403725ffef3e8b48aa65a-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The revised front cover and newly-designed back cover for Steven's novel Poor Man&rsquo;s Opera, coming soon from Aether Avenue Press. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Yellow Barks Spider</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-11-09T17:37:40-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4a9e0e6c0f3b7e3bcff3294f62deef69-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4a9e0e6c0f3b7e3bcff3294f62deef69-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Yellow Barks Spider by Harman Burns (Radiant Press, 2024) on the River Street Writing blog.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oyster River Pages Intervew</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2024-10-17T12:59:35-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/22429886b8fb924ac9de2b1ab3d21c92-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/22429886b8fb924ac9de2b1ab3d21c92-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s interview in Oyster River Pages, where his story Nomad&rsquo;s Lad recently appeared.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reviewer-in-Residence</title><category>Reviews</category><category>News</category><dc:date>2024-09-29T07:36:25-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3b03e67944966dc376669a31529371d0-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/3b03e67944966dc376669a31529371d0-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["As part of our mission to celebrate amazing books from small presses in Canada and champion a variety of approaches to and perspectives on literary criticism, we&rsquo;re delighted to announce we&rsquo;re kicking-off a Reviewer-in-Residence (RIR) program. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Widow Fantasies Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-09-22T12:52:29-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/87d6904466ce5fc0271d910cd6506f6b-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/87d6904466ce5fc0271d910cd6506f6b-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery appeared on the River Street Writing blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Realia Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-09-14T10:55:43-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4b62af3e470d6db224078c68d71b7d41-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4b62af3e470d6db224078c68d71b7d41-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s review of Realia by Michael Trussler (Radiant Press) on the River Street Writing blog.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nomad&#x27;s Lad</title><category>Short Story</category><dc:date>2024-08-20T07:34:16-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cbddee01ec8ce00fc33bce499780a08a-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cbddee01ec8ce00fc33bce499780a08a-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s story Nomad&rsquo;s Lad, along with an audio recording of him reading a short excerpt, appears in Oyster River Pages.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forward</title><category>Short Story</category><category>Magazines</category><dc:date>2024-07-27T16:51:55-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/68acc462d85b7eab3a9b6da9bf15cf7b-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/68acc462d85b7eab3a9b6da9bf15cf7b-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s story Foreword is in the Secret Menu issue of Midlvlmag.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shelley A. Leedahl Review</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Books</category><dc:date>2024-07-23T09:10:51-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/291021f440080c2e12f82ff6a4c9a9d0-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/291021f440080c2e12f82ff6a4c9a9d0-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A March 2024 review of The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief by Shelley Ann Leedahl on her book review blog (scroll toward bottom of page).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The (CanL)It Crowd</title><category>Essay</category><dc:date>2024-07-22T14:20:31-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2d79d3f91f5e8329c234faf9adc48e26-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2d79d3f91f5e8329c234faf9adc48e26-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven&rsquo;s essay The Transactional Underpinnings of Literary Citizenship appeared on The (CanL)It Crowd blog.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Threshold Stories Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-05-06T14:31:26-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1c6af5683ec58eba7f77e8c2074acdf7-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1c6af5683ec58eba7f77e8c2074acdf7-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Threshold Stories by Carol Bruneau in The Miramichi Reader.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Get Lit Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2024-04-11T18:26:35-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/dc05b53f5915a3f4e46fae5653f51e77-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/dc05b53f5915a3f4e46fae5653f51e77-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven talks The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief with Jamie Tennant, host of Get Lit on CFMU at McMaster University.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Imagine My Brother as an Island Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-04-08T20:33:15-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cb4a69e2891f4e084291bb14b8535f5a-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cb4a69e2891f4e084291bb14b8535f5a-50.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed I Imagine My Brother as an Island by Morris Bailey in The Miramichi Reader.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Leverage</title><category>Short Story</category><dc:date>2024-03-25T08:06:57-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/047cdfc01fcbf957acda162ef436205c-49.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/047cdfc01fcbf957acda162ef436205c-49.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's story Leverage appears on Knee Brace Press, a place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health and neurodivergence. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Boulevard Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-03-15T07:03:38-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1b9735e4bfa2f44ce0baf6d1d5e64747-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1b9735e4bfa2f44ce0baf6d1d5e64747-48.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's review of The Boulevard by Jarrod Edson appears in PRISM International.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Miramichi Reader Review of The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Novels</category><dc:date>2024-03-13T04:34:08-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0e57ad458d75783039ac187efda464e0-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0e57ad458d75783039ac187efda464e0-47.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief reviewed by Michael Greenstein in The Miramichi Reader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Consumed by Ink Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-03-01T13:21:28-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1245eaa3a88f0da84a646507496c6f48-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1245eaa3a88f0da84a646507496c6f48-46.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief was reviewed by Naomi on her Consumed by Ink blog.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>John&#x27;s Opera Ramblings</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-02-22T07:49:17-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0234932f900e0a8500e3ad22b2ec4f93-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0234932f900e0a8500e3ad22b2ec4f93-45.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[John's Opera Ramblings blog reviewed DION: A Rock Opera.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Novel Review Podcast</title><category>Podcast</category><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-02-21T07:20:34-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2025bddeb4b8e78db871dcb26e240d87-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2025bddeb4b8e78db871dcb26e240d87-44.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[UK podcast A Novel Review features The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Next Magazine Review</title><category>Theatre</category><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-02-16T08:02:51-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/39df5fe62ae213f6c386aece93bc4e51-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/39df5fe62ae213f6c386aece93bc4e51-43.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Review of DION: A Rock Opera in Next Magazine.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A View From The Box Review</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-02-11T20:50:08-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/98b69659c920b71cd1e35d440bc2221d-42.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/98b69659c920b71cd1e35d440bc2221d-42.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[More kudos for DION: A Rock Opera, its creative team and cast members by A View From The Box.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Splinter and Shard Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-02-11T09:41:20-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cb9c40cf62562798802ad7d916851dfe-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/cb9c40cf62562798802ad7d916851dfe-41.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Splinter and Shard by Lulu Keating in The Miramichi Reader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Toronto Star Review of DION</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-02-11T09:37:42-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0e87463a99c7df91beb0d16a7090a185-40.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/0e87463a99c7df91beb0d16a7090a185-40.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Karen Fricker reviewed DION:A Rock Opera in the Toronto Star.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Slotkin Letter Review of Dion</title><category>Reviews</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-02-10T07:07:21-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2216d4639779e5852088806122f590a7-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2216d4639779e5852088806122f590a7-39.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven Mayoff's libretto is bristling with intelligence, wit and envisions the wild, almost out of control world the characters and we live in."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>CBC Arts</title><category>Articles</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-02-08T08:17:30-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1e384b3f96b7c0099b43f24a94cd6130-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1e384b3f96b7c0099b43f24a94cd6130-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[DION: A Rock Opera on CBC Arts.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Howl Interview with Hollay Ghadery</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2024-02-08T08:13:31-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/060b1bfcbd984eeb2d511aef3888a6e0-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/060b1bfcbd984eeb2d511aef3888a6e0-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hollay Ghadery interviewed Steven for the February 6, 2024 episode of Howl on CIUT Radio.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Stageworthy Podcast</title><category>Podcast</category><category>Interviews</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2024-01-30T21:11:39-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/28c34c639a6d19a1f3e70c9f61fef59f-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/28c34c639a6d19a1f3e70c9f61fef59f-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven was Phil Rickaby's guest on the Stageworthy podcast, episode #398, to talk about the upcoming world premiere of DION: A Rock Opera, The Island Gospel According To Samson Grief, and more!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sky Waves Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-01-30T07:48:53-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/41edfd73c0a62dc5237e954cf5a3a2f5-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/41edfd73c0a62dc5237e954cf5a3a2f5-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Sky Waves by Michelle Butler Hallett in The Miramichi Reader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>TriCity News Article</title><category>Articles</category><dc:date>2024-01-30T07:44:53-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/db2c612e629444d5850f96bcfbc63bc1-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/db2c612e629444d5850f96bcfbc63bc1-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Article in TriCity News about Steven giving a talk on The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief at the Burquest Jewish Community Association in Coquitlam, BC, on February 11th, 2024.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jewish Independent Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2024-01-26T12:45:29-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9defd08224871b2d778656dbe406714b-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid 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Death</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2024-01-18T08:53:14-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/32b27cb1b70bb5b40e529bfe2d013982-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/32b27cb1b70bb5b40e529bfe2d013982-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven was interviewed by Beth Janzen on her CJSR Edmonton community radio show 7 Questions About Death for Episode 9: No Map.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Junction Reads</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2024-01-17T17:25:30-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/09666a9a190009a755e640d2f49d03c8-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/09666a9a190009a755e640d2f49d03c8-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven read from The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief and was interviewed by Alison Gadsby on Junction 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Reader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What the Heart is to the Soul</title><category>Magazines</category><dc:date>2023-12-31T21:30:46-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/738e57b028b337de45833689eea2a401-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/738e57b028b337de45833689eea2a401-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's story What the Heart is to the Soul appears in Midlvlmag.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Waxing Lyrical</title><category>Essay</category><dc:date>2023-12-15T19:05:43-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/ef5865017035aca2b417da913b33b92c-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/ef5865017035aca2b417da913b33b92c-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's personal essay, "Waxing Lyrical", appeared on Synchronized Chaos.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quid Pro Crow</title><category>Journals</category><category>Short Story</category><dc:date>2023-12-06T07:40:09-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/09aea60bc66da3bbd3748a2f7079f856-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/09aea60bc66da3bbd3748a2f7079f856-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's story Quid Pro Crow appears in Toronto Journal.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Global Television Vancouver Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><category>Television</category><dc:date>2023-12-04T13:19:15-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/125d88861a05764eacfebe55f3bc4c09-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/125d88861a05764eacfebe55f3bc4c09-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven talks about The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief  to Jennifer Palma at Global TV Vancouver.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rejected Central Podcast</title><category>Podcast</category><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2023-11-27T15:45:53-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e3571f51eaf0dbb034070155f172755c-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/e3571f51eaf0dbb034070155f172755c-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven takes part in a Writerly Rejection Panel for the Rejected Central podcast.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Atticus Review Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><dc:date>2023-11-25T16:25:47-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7718011d1524976513e0286c872b1f1a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7718011d1524976513e0286c872b1f1a-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Multi-genre writer and publicist extraordinaire Hollay Ghadery interviewed Steven on all things Samson Grief for Atticus Review. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Love and Rain Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2023-11-21T07:58:40-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/952db71a46a8404785eacb499c091edf-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/952db71a46a8404785eacb499c091edf-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Love and Rain by Carmela Circelli in The Miramichi Reader.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Grantrepreneurs Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2023-11-19T15:06:46-04:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/934e277899525199e70ff53fb6b08d2a-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/934e277899525199e70ff53fb6b08d2a-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed Grantrepreneurs by Jake Swan is in The Miramichi Reader]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Imagining Imagining Review</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2023-11-02T19:44:22-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c7b5fc730775edf4990d1ad914f6f86-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/8c7b5fc730775edf4990d1ad914f6f86-17.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven's Goodreads review of Imagining Imagining: Essays On Writing, Identity and Infinity by Gary Barwin.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Samson Grief Launch</title><category>Books</category><category>Novels</category><category>Events</category><dc:date>2023-10-22T07:04:50-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bff721438b19490944912cae2e2fabba-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/bff721438b19490944912cae2e2fabba-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who attended, to Jessica Fritz and staff at The Gallery, and special thanks to Lori Cheverie and everyone at The Bookmark for helping to arrange the event and for selling books that evening.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poems in Spare Parts Literary Magazine</title><category>Magazines</category><category>Poetry</category><dc:date>2023-10-22T07:04:31-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/985c640b2827590fa706dce673bc2de7-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/985c640b2827590fa706dce673bc2de7-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Spare Parts Literary Magazine have published three poems by Steven: The Cornbread Birthday, Bone Fur, and Type 3 Diabetes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Samson Grief Unboxed</title><category>Books</category><category>Video</category><dc:date>2023-10-07T19:08:25-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4c650646818d92cce4587dddf6d37648-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/4c650646818d92cce4587dddf6d37648-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After years of writing and rewriting, getting to finally hold your book in your hands is thrilling. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Remedies for Chiron</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2023-10-03T02:39:26-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d347d40d195a6c62620498bb3e60a2bd-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/d347d40d195a6c62620498bb3e60a2bd-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven recently reviewed the poetry collection Remedies for Chiron by m. patchwork monoceros in Goodreads.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Miramichi Reader and Book Trailer</title><category>Essay</category><category>Journals</category><category>News</category><dc:date>2023-09-30T11:50:39-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2d696059876148b2b8a11d7d2dadb0e9-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/2d696059876148b2b8a11d7d2dadb0e9-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Having a busy and interesting week in advance of the October 17, 2023 publication of my new novel, The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Authority Magazine Interview</title><category>Interviews</category><category>Magazines</category><dc:date>2023-09-13T18:46:31-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/afe65fc320f7def77e6a93b68205263a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/afe65fc320f7def77e6a93b68205263a-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven was interviewed by Yitzi Weiner for Authority Magazine: "5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became An Artist."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>All the World&#x2019;s a Wonder</title><category>Reviews</category><dc:date>2023-09-04T17:48:56-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7205acb669a931198f44f7820761864d-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/7205acb669a931198f44f7820761864d-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven reviewed All the World&rsquo;s a Wonder by Melia McClure on Goodreads.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Power Q &#x26;A</title><category>Books</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2023-08-23T21:11:41-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a0d202ebb9f6ee5c7d4fbff0449d91bf-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/a0d202ebb9f6ee5c7d4fbff0449d91bf-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He speaks about the symbiotic themes of political autocracy versus spiritual agency in The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief and DION: A Rock Opera.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Three-Sided Coin</title><category>Journals</category><dc:date>2023-08-01T20:36:37-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9bc8fc466a5c4df55260133228c38804-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/9bc8fc466a5c4df55260133228c38804-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The short story Three-Sided Coin appears in the July 2023 issue of The Waiting Room Journal published by Nervous Ghost Press.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dion Poster</title><category>Theatre</category><dc:date>2023-08-01T06:07:17-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/766d34edb096c6c9ebcc1b7ed8fd461e-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/766d34edb096c6c9ebcc1b7ed8fd461e-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Part of the Coal Mine Theatre 2023-24 season announcement was the release of the wonderful posters designed by  Kostis Petridis for each of their four shows.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief</title><category>Books</category><dc:date>2023-07-31T20:20:16-03:00</dc:date><link>https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1e59c8b3efe8b7ef86cbf54bf51ea3fe-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stevenmayoff.ca/files/1e59c8b3efe8b7ef86cbf54bf51ea3fe-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief provides a rollicking journey through an audaciously reimagined Prince Edward Island, a place bubbling over with intrigue, crowded with unforgettable characters both odious and ordinary, and where divine intervention is a daily occurrence. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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