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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.

Forever Old

By Stan Persky | February 7, 2016

It’s Oscar season. Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” isn’t nominated for Best Picture, but it’s as interesting as anything else on view.

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.

Some Second Growth Poetry (and it’s good!)

By John Harris | September 21, 2015

John Harris on “second growth” poet Fabienne Calvert Filteau.

Why Haydée?

By Margaret Randall | September 11, 2015

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

A True Blast from the Past

By Brian Fawcett | July 27, 2015

Brian Fawcett finally reads Cyril Connolly’s The Evening Colonnade after 40 years. He wishes he hadn’t waited so long.

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.