Featured

The Judith Butler Footnote: On Post-Gay and the 20th Anniversary of Xtra West

By Stan Persky | June 6, 2013

Feminist theorist Judith Butler delivers a post-gay commencement address in Montreal.

The Zoo Itself (An Investigation)

By Norbert Ruebsaat | June 5, 2013

Norbert Reubsaat is at the Berlin zoo.

Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (1)

By John Harris | June 5, 2013

John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series looks at Hartley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in the first part of an extended essay on the Coleridges and their literary friends.

Marriage Proposal

By Vivien Lougheed | May 29, 2013

Vivien Lougheed goes on the road and finds a trail mate..

Poet and Son: Hamnet Shakespeare

By John Harris | May 29, 2013

John Harris’s series Poet and Son looks at William and Hamnet Shakespeare.

2012: The Booker Prize Project — Completed!

By Jean Baird | May 23, 2013

Jean Baird’s multi-year survey of the nominees and winners of the Booker Prize and her reflections on literary prizes is completed with her 2012 report.

Poet and Son: Wat Raleigh

By John Harris | May 22, 2013

John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series tells the tale of Walter and Wat Raleigh.

Travel Journal: Freiburg im Breisgau

By Norbert Ruebsaat | May 21, 2013

Norbert Ruebsaat looks at, listens to, and tastes Freiburg, Germany, where the language borders subtly shift..

Chicken Bingo — Belize

By Vivien Lougheed | May 15, 2013

The rooster has pooped. It’s chicken bingo time in Belize with feisty explorers and an under-the-weather hubby. Vivien Lougheed explains all.

Poet and Son: William Gascoigne

By John Harris | May 15, 2013

The second of John Harris’s series “Poet and Son” is about George and William Gascoigne.