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  • Down the Hall: Léonicka Valcius and #Diversecanlit, Part 2
    Down the Hall: Léonicka Valcius and #Diversecanlit, Part 2
    May 22, 2014

    Down the Hall: Léonicka Valcius and #Diversecanlit, Part 2

    I met with Léonicka Valcius, organizer of the #diversecanlit, on Tuesday, May 6, to talk about the the issues, challenges, and solutions involved in making CanLit a more diverse enterprise. Part one ...

  • Anousheh Ansari
    Anousheh Ansari
    March 27, 2017

    I’m an Immigrant and I’m Going to Take Your Job

    A few months ago somebody I know—a Polish immigrant—tried to convince me—an Iranian immigrant—that immigrants are taking all the jobs. Putting aside that this assertion has been proven wrong, ...

  • Finding Your Material -- and This Time, Billie Holiday
    Finding Your Material -- and This Time, Billie Holiday
    June 04, 2017

    Finding Your Material -- and This Time, Billie Holiday

    The question is, how does a writer recognize what is uniquely her material? Save herself from wrong turns, dead ends, dead writing?The subject has always been central to me—an obsession—and years ...

  • Zero Sum Game
    Zero Sum Game
    January 27, 2017

    Zero Sum Game

    Kenneth J. Harvey's artistic resume runs the length of your arm. For someone who has achieved so much, in the realms of literature and filmmaking, you'd be surprised at how strong his feelings are about ...

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