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  • Service Industry Hell (Part 3): Rats in the kitchen and drunk girls on the floor
    Service Industry Hell (Part 3): Rats in the kitchen and drunk girls on the floor
    July 18, 2016

    Service Industry Hell (Part 3): Rats in the kitchen and drunk girls on the floor

    A lot of the inspiration for my new book, Congratulations On Everything, came from the things I saw while working in bars, restaurants, and hotels, and from the experiences of friends who did the same. ...

  • Love and Poetry
    Love and Poetry
    July 16, 2016

    Love and Poetry

    Last year, Brick Books marked 40 years as Canada’s most influential poetry publisher by asking dozens of poets, novelists, booksellers, musicians and other folks to write short tributes to a favourite ...

  • How to Respond to a Bad Review
    How to Respond to a Bad Review
    July 14, 2016

    How to Respond to a Bad Review

    Recently, the creator and star of a one-man show playing as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival posted a long response to the online review of his work – a review that was definitely unenthusiastic, ...

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