John Harris
John Harris is the author of 'Small Rain," "Other Art" and "Tungsten John." He lives in Prince George, B.C.
Of Juxtaposition
John Harris posts a review of Cecil Giscombe’s new book of poems
Read MoreReading 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
John Harris files another section in the work-in-progress he's calling, not so simply, The English Department
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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
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