Probes

Signs of Impending Cultural Doom #1

By Wally Hourback | October 21, 2012

Wally Hourback uploads the first of a new series of probes into our cultural conditions–as viewed from North Bay, Ontario

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The Limits of Civil Liberties

By Stan Persky | May 12, 2012

It’s the 50th anniversary of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. Stan Persky, a long-time BCCLA member, reflects.

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The Poet and the Sound of His Own Voice

By Brian Fawcett | May 10, 2012

Brian Fawcett does some textual analysis for a confused reader of Montreal poet Norm Sibum, and explains the difference between a “blog” and an edited website.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Letter from Macedonia

By Myrna Kostash | December 18, 2011

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

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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…

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19 questions with George Stanley

By Rob McLennan | October 25, 2011

Vancouver poet George Stanley talks about his work, from “Tete Rouge” to “After Desire.”

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Letter from Sofia, Bulgaria, September 30, 2011

By Myrna Kostash | October 25, 2011

Myrna Kostash files her second travel report, this time from Sofia, Bulgaria. The first report, from Serbia, is in the archive..

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