John Harris
John Harris is the author of 'Small Rain," "Other Art" and "Tungsten John." He lives in Prince George, B.C.
Reading the Entrails: A forensic review of Conrad Black’s FDR
John Harris examines Conrad Black’s treatment of F.D.R. and finds some surprises.
Read MoreEarle Birney’s Contribution
Dragland: A Retrospective Review
The latest installment of John Harris's Lives of the English Department.
Read MoreSermon on the Mont: Louis Dudek’s Post-Modernist Cantos (I-VI)
An essay about poetry, Louis Dudek, Ezra Pound, their critics, and more.
Read MoreSermon on the Mont: Louis Dudek’s Post-Modernist Cantos (VII-XII)
An essay about poetry, modernism, fascism, Louis Dudek, Ezra Pound, and more.
Read MoreMr. Creative Writing
John Harris, in an opening salvo from a work-in-progress he's calling, not simply at all, The English Department, offers a sympathetic reading of the novel and moral progress of former UBC Creative Writhing head Robert Harlow.
Frank Davey: The Curious Night-Time Incident of a Famous Brunette Female Writer in Jackboots
John Harris skewers Canadian academic literary critic Frank Davey, and manages to have a few laughs along the way…
Read MoreOff on the Wrong Foot
John Harris reviews Gary Geddes’ new book Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things, an Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas
Read MoreVirtual Inquisition
John Harris takes a run at Brian Fawcett’s Virtual Clearcut: The Way Things Are in My Home Town. It’s a direct hit, and pretty damned funny.
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