Shimmer Report tells of a couple who do not fall in love so much as ascend together into love from their own dark places. He, a poet, musician, teacher; she, a visual artist and author, has also had to endure the psychiatric system. Life and love are but a shimmer—but this is a report on hard realities, as well as on flashes of colour, delight, and whimsy.

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Brian Campbell is the author of two previous poetry collections, Passenger Flight and Guatemala and Other Poems, as well as a chapbook, A Private Collection. Undressing The Night is his translation from Spanish of the selected poems of Nicaraguan-Canadian poet Francisco Santos. A finalist for the 2006 CBC Literary Award for Poetry, Campbell has published poetry, reviews, and essays in such literary journals as The New Quarterly The Antigonish Review, CV2, Grain, Prairie Fire, The Rover, Evergreen Review, Montreal Review of Books and The Saranac Review. Also a singer-songwriter, he has produced an independent music CD, The Courtier’s Manuscript. Originally from Toronto, Brian Campbell currently lives in Montreal.