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Ice Cream

By Norbert Ruebsaat | September 1, 2013

Norbert Ruebsaat on the boy who didn’t like ice cream.

The New American Poetry Revisited — Again

By Michael Boughn | August 20, 2013

Michael Boughn has been teaching “The New American Poetry” in recent years, and thinking about what it means.

Putting the CON into Consultation

By A. Resident | August 12, 2013

A. Resident posts a warning to those readers who might be thinking of getting involved in a public consultation with urban planners and developers.

A “gay-friendly pope”? Let’s hope.

By Daniel Gawthrop | July 31, 2013

Dan Gawthrop is keeping an eye on Pope Francis.

Women Travellers in Iran

By Vivien Lougheed | July 25, 2013

Let’s not go there! Vivien Lougheed on women travelling in Iran.

Re-re-reading Gore Vidal: A First Anniversary Requiem

By Stan Persky | July 18, 2013

It’s the month of the first anniversary of the death of writer Gore Vidal. Stan Persky remembers.

Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (6)

By John Harris | July 17, 2013

John Harris concludes his extended essay about Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), the son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Vancouver Sun: Death by a Thousand Buyouts

By Daniel Gawthrop | July 10, 2013

Dan Gawthrop investigates the Vancouver Sun story that the Vancouver Sun can’t print.

Hüzün

By Myrna Kostash | July 4, 2013

Myrna Kostash reports from Turkey.

Real World Happiness

By Norbert Ruebsaat | July 4, 2013

Norbert Ruebsaat’s reflections on families, happiness and Brian Fawcett.