Ryan Knighton continues his elegy for cigarettes–or his descent into recidivism…

Ryan Knighton tries to wax philosophical about quitting smoking, but would really rather…

Ryan Knighton wonders if college-level plagiarism might not be presenting a societal morality

Jacqueline Swartz outlines some differences in the fatwas against Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin. Nasrin appeared at Toronto’s Harbourfront Writers Festival in late October

Ryan Knighton raises the possibility that corporate manipulation of the cybersphere is creating a new kind of psychopath

Our new correspondent in Uzbekistan files a report on life in Tashkent..

A Quebec carpenter examines his ancestral tools, and their value

Stan Persky has an interesting take on the question of Jewish identity

Pauline Holdstock has a very complicated story to tell

Merrily Weisbord writes about beloved fathers growing old