Our Inland Sea

• "Three Debuts and a Prequel" (Emily McGiffin, Canadian Literature, 01/04/2017)
  "James Lindsay’s debut collection, Our Inland Sea, is a thoughtful and intelligent work that lends careful attention both to the precision of images and to the mechanics of verse. These poems are tight, fluid, and artfully sculpted, the line breaks precise and weighty; clearly, Lindsay has a deep respect for both language and the aesthetics of verse."
  
• "Poetry: explore your soul, the natural world and Bonnie & Clyde" (Barbara Carey, Toronto Star, 02/14/2016)
  "There’s no such thing as mundane reality in this eclectic, weirdly entertaining collection."
  
• "The Surreal Quotidian: James Lindsay and Chris Chambers 2015 Buckrider Titles" (Catherine Owen, Marrow Review, 01/11/2015)
  “Lindsay, despite his range of allusions and at times Stevensian titles … presents with a greater seriousness of subject matter and thus a less lunging panoply of forms, though variety is there in rampant anaphora…, taut line breaks, and sectional poems versus sock-it-to-ya lyrics.”

James Lindsay has been a bookseller for more than a decade. He is also co-owner of Pleasence Records in Toronto, a record label specializing in post-punk, odd-pop and avant-garde sound pieces.