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  • banner image of author David Kingston Yeh in front of a red brick wall with white chalk drawings. Text reads interview with David Kingston Yeh. I keep a light tone [but] I am still writing to disrupt. Open Book logo bottom left
    banner image of author David Kingston Yeh in front of a red brick wall with white chalk drawings. Text reads interview with David Kingston Yeh. I keep a light tone [but] I am still writing to disrupt. Open Book logo bottom left
    October 13, 2023

    "Gay Love is So Punk Rock" David Kingston Yeh on Wrapping Up His Celebrated Toronto Trilogy

    The B-Side of Daniel Garneau (Guernica Editions) is the final instalment in David Kingston Yeh's iconic trilogy exploring queer love in Toronto, which started with A Boy at the Edge of the World (2018) ...

  • Warm Up with a Glimpse into Marie-Andree Gill's Heating the Outdoors, a Collection of Heart-Piercing Micropoems
    Warm Up with a Glimpse into Marie-Andree Gill's Heating the Outdoors, a Collection of Heart-Piercing Micropoems
    February 03, 2023

    Warm Up with a Glimpse into Marie-Andree Gill's Heating the Outdoors, a Collection of Heart-Piercing Micropoems

    One of Quebec's most celebrated poets, Marie-Andrée Gill is a member of the Ilnu Nation who engages with the oral storytelling tradition in her award-winning French language work. Also an acclaimed Radio-Canada ...

  • "[He Was] Lacking None of the Graces Except a Core of Essential Decency" Read an Excerpt from This Time, That Place by Clark Blaise
    "[He Was] Lacking None of the Graces Except a Core of Essential Decency" Read an Excerpt from This Time, That Place by Clark Blaise
    November 01, 2022

    "[He Was] Lacking None of the Graces Except a Core of Essential Decency" Read an Excerpt from This Time, That Place by Clark Blaise

    Clark Blaise has been described as "the greatest living Canadian writer most Canadians have never heard of." Now 82, with more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction to his name and a staggering c.v. ...

  • Michael Grant on His (Naked) New Play & Creating a Fictional Small Town Across His Works
    Michael Grant on His (Naked) New Play & Creating a Fictional Small Town Across His Works
    February 02, 2021

    Michael Grant on His (Naked) New Play & Creating a Fictional Small Town Across His Works

    Norm and Ruth were just trying to get their marriage back on track. A simple idea: to head back to a place they knew they'd been happy and see if they can re-capture the spark there. But the struggling ...

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