THE COLANDER
Stan Persky offers a tribute to the late Mordecai Richler by way of a review of Barney’s Version
THE STORYTELLER
Stan Persky reviews Larry McMurtry’s Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyond
RUNNING WITH THE AMAZONS
Rita Moir’s Buffalo Jump: A Woman’s Travels, is an impulse buy for John Harris
KING KEVLAR: A Meditation on Travel/Adventure Writing
John Harris sets off on A Journey of Exploration begun by David Finch’s R.M. Patterson, A Life of Great Adventure (Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2000).
Joined at the Mind: Brian Fawcett (1944-2022)
Brian Fawcett wrote books for people who find television too slow. Stan Persky remembers a writer who never forgot his hometown, and with whom he shared a “joint mind.”
Cuckoo Coup
Stan Persky reflects on the ex-prez’s Jan. 6 coup attempt, and the danger that the “next coup” poses to democracy in a post-truth era.
Some Musings on Quitting Cigarettes and Facebook
Michael Boughn on quitting cigarettes, and quitting Facebook. Compare and contrast.
Lindsay Shepherd and the Post-Scholarship University
In his article “Speaking Out” (The Walrus, June 2019), Toronto-based 30-something freelance contrarian John Semley tells the story…