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August 25, 2017Welcome to the Great White North
A lifelong Torontonian, I left my hometown several years ago for the Far North. I watched Toronto transform from a big city with the heart of a small town to an enormous city that seemed heartless. I ...
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February 14, 2016Poetry to Pillowtalk: The 14 Best Poems to Woo a Lover
Looking to pitch some (bookish) woo? To celebrate Valentine's Day, we asked writers, publishing professionals and literary luminaries for their selection of the best poem with which to turn your beloved's ...
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June 13, 2014The Art of the TV Show Recap
My first exposure to the 21st century art form known as the TV show recap came in 2003, on the ground-breaking website Television Without Pity (TWoP). Its motto: Save the Snark, Spoil the Network.My show ...
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February 22, 2017The Same Aspirations Persist: An Interview with Cameron Anstee, editor of Apt. 9 Press
In 2016, three of the five chapbooks nominated for the bpNichol Chapbook Award came from the same press, Ottawa’s Apt. 9 Press. One of those Apt. 9 Press nominees, Nelson Ball’s Small Waterways, ultimately ...
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December 18, 201617 for 2017: Chase Strangio recommends Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
8. Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation by Eli Clare recommended by Chase StrangioThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...
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January 01, 201717 for 2017: Chase Joynt recommends The Best Kind of People
17. The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall recommended by Chase JoyntThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-in-Residence, I have been assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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January 01, 201717 for 2017: Wanda Nanibush recommends The Winter We Danced
15. The Winter We Danced edited by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective recommended by Wanda NanibushThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...
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January 01, 201717 for 2017: Jasbir Puar recommends The Fifth Season
16. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin recommended by Jasbir Puar Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish this ...
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September 04, 2014Resurrecting past Seasons
A note written for a Pedlar Press panel held last fall in St. John’s, NFLD, and in tardy response to a query from Robert Kroetsch:I have a crush on Robert Kroetsch. I’ve had this crush for a very ...
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September 02, 2014Hello, My Name Is Diane! (Part 2)
Some say that exposure helps dissipate the stress for people with performance anxiety—that old adage which claims the more you do the one thing that provokes fear in you, the easier it gets to manage ...
