Articles

Letter from Berlin: Gunter Grass’s Poem

By Stan Persky | April 17, 2012

Gunter Grass writes a poem, and something happens. Stan Persky explains.

A Poetry War in Prince George

By Brian Fawcett | April 5, 2012

There’s a war going on in Prince George, B.C., and its no joke. Brian Fawcett identifies the differing sides, and the stakes involved. They’re quite a lot larger than they might seem.

The Errors of Their Ways: A French Lesson

By Lola Lemire Tostevin | April 5, 2012

Lola Lemire Tostevin has some pointed remarks about Franchophile anglos who massacre the French language because they don’t notice that being a Francophile isn’t the same thing as being a Francophone.

Letter from Berlin: John Cage Season

By Stan Persky | March 26, 2012

In Berlin, spring is in the air. So is the music of John Cage.

In Defense of Postnorth

By Graham Pearce | March 16, 2012

There’s a poetry war going on in Northern, B.C.. It isn’t a joke, and the stakes are real. Graham Pearce offers a description of what it’s about

Black Bear Diplomacy — A Modest Proposal

By Sid Marty | March 16, 2012

Sid Marty goes down to the woods today. The big surprise is that the bears are in big trouble.

1993

By Jean Baird | December 18, 2011

Jean Baird posts her analysis of the 1993 Booker Prize shortlist.

Letter from Macedonia

By Myrna Kostash | December 18, 2011

Myrna Kostash delivers her account of Macedonia. She’s now back in Canada.

Letter from Sofia, Bulgaria, October, 2011

By Myrna Kostash | November 9, 2011

    When I travelled through eastern/south-eastern Europe in the 1980s – this would result in the book Bloodlines in 1993 –  I did not go to Bulgaria, quite deliberately. Among other things at the time, I was trying to situate my Slavic origins in Slavic histories in Europe, especially in those places as in…

1992

By Jean Baird | November 9, 2011

Jean Baird uploads her analysis of the 1992 Booker competition.