Articles

Keeping the Peace: A Site C Memoir

By Stan Persky | March 2, 2016

A Site C dam memoir.

Letter from Berlin: What Did You Do in the Cold War, Daddy?

By Stan Persky | February 29, 2016

Eyes on the Spies. Revisiting the Cold War with Steven Spielberg and John le Carre.

Ghomeshi’s Day in Court

By Stan Persky | February 15, 2016

Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi had his day in court. Here’s what happened.

Bringing Up Mother

By John Harris | February 14, 2016

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.

The Search for Khanlit

By John Harris | November 11, 2015

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.

Why Haydée?

By Margaret Randall | September 11, 2015

From Margaret Randall’s new book, “Haydee Santamaria, Cuban Revolutionary.”

The Young and the Restless, and Laura Kipnis

By Stan Persky | July 25, 2015

“Feminist students protest feminist prof for writing about feminism”: the Laura Kipnis story.

Letter from Berlin: Quo Vadis, Greece?

By Stan Persky | July 24, 2015

Questions about Greece that maybe even the Delphic oracle can’t answer.

Medal Madness at the Pan Am Games: a participant’s report

By Brian Fawcett | July 23, 2015

Brian Fawcett files a report on the Pan Am games, currently blotting out perspective and meaning in Toronto

Who is David Thauberger and Why is He Painting Pictures of Prince George?

By Brian Fawcett | June 9, 2015

Brian Fawcett wants everyone in Northern British Columbia to see the exhibition of David Thauberger’s paintings of Prince George. Here’s why.