John Harris

John Harris is the author of 'Small Rain," "Other Art" and "Tungsten John." He lives in Prince George, B.C.

Making Light of Love in the Moon.

By John Harris / 2023 May 29
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He lives in the basement. His ex-wife lives upstairs. He has a new girlfriend. She has a young child. He has a psychiatrist. He has kids. John Harris’ “Making Light of Love in the Moon.”

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The Answer to Some Things (and not others)

By John Harris / 2022 January 18
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Ken Belford’s selected poems, “The Answer to Everything.” Or, as reviewers Vivien Lougheed and John Harris suggest, “the answer to some things (and not others).”

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Lindsay Shepherd and the Post-Scholarship University

By John Harris / 2021 April 13
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    In his article “Speaking Out” (The Walrus, June 2019), Toronto-based 30-something freelance contrarian John Semley tells the story of the Wilfred Laurier University (WLU) teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd, who made international headlines when she was censured by a University examining committee for allegedly creating an unsafe learning environment for transgender students. The committee…

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Dead Icons and Deader Icons: Which Statues Really Need to Go?

By John Harris / 2020 October 4
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John Harris posts a slightly argumentative view on the Statue Wars controversy

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Ken Belford: A Personal and Literary Reminiscence

By John Harris / 2020 April 3
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John Harris remembers poet Ken Belford.

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Is There an Answer to Cultural Appropriation?

By John Harris / 2019 December 1
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John Harris reviews a little known pamphlet from a little known press about a deceptively large subject.

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Good Country for Old Men

By John Harris / 2019 February 5
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Two senior Vancouver poets, George Bowering and George Stanley, do a book together. John Harris reads and reviews.

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Andrew Struthers’ Hippie Calculations

By John Harris / 2017 August 21
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John Harris reviews Andrew Struthers’ new book from New Star Press.

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Bringing Up Mother

By John Harris / 2016 February 14
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John Harris reads the work of 1970s Vancouver poetry icon Daphne Marlatt through the eyes of her relationship with her son, Kit. This is part of a series of parent/offspring critical studies Harris has embarked on.

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The Search for Khanlit

By John Harris / 2015 November 11
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John Harris reads an essay by a Toronto-based Woman-of-Colour looking for a safe way to take some creative writing courses. He has some advice for her.

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