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Hotwiring Romance

June 16, 2015 by Suzannah Showler

How Married at First Sight reflects the changing face of love 

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June 16, 2015 /Suzannah Showler
Married at First Sight, TV, marriage, Suzannah Showler
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Private Parts

June 11, 2015 by Nyla Matuk

NYLA MATUK takes a nap in the great hall in Whitehall.

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June 11, 2015 /Nyla Matuk
poem, Nyla Matuk
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11 Women Writers to Read Right Now

June 10, 2015 by Michael Lista

Rising stars, perennial luminaries, and an essayist who almost writes essays  

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June 10, 2015 /Michael Lista
women, Audrey Thomas, Kim Jernigan, Edith Wharton, Alexandra Oliver, Sarah Ruhl, Suzannah Showler, Maggie Nelson, Catherine Bush, Emma Jones, Phoebe Wang, Suzanne Buffam, Robin Richardson, Marlene Nourbese Philip, Sonnet L'Abbé, Ali Smith, Claire Kelly, Patricia Hill Collins, Tom Howell, Lavinia Greenlaw, Nyla Matuk, Jay Macpherson, Amanda Jernigan
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Why the Book I'm About to Publish Will Be Ignored

June 09, 2015 by Carmine Starnino

CARMINE STARNINO on the sorry state of translation in Canada.

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June 09, 2015 /Carmine Starnino
Pierre Nepveu, translation, two solitudes, Carmine Starnino
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Please Hang Up and Try Again

June 04, 2015 by Michael Prior

MICHAEL PRIOR writes about a neglected genius.

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June 04, 2015 /Michael Prior
Michael Donaghy, poetry, Michael Prior
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Rye

May 28, 2015 by Zachariah Wells

"Rye renders me horny": A new ZACHARIAH WELLS poem.

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May 28, 2015 /Zachariah Wells
poem, Zachariah Wells
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Play It Forward

May 27, 2015 by Andrew Johnson

ANDREW JOHNSON listens to the longest mixtape ever.

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May 27, 2015 /Andrew Johnson
DJ Dan Snaith, Caribou, mixtape, music, Andrew Johnson
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Apology for Grandmothers

May 20, 2015 by Eric Ormsby

ERIC ORMSBY defends grandmothers against W.H. Auden.

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May 20, 2015 /Eric Ormsby
poem, Eric Ormsby
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So Foreign Here

May 14, 2015 by Evan Jones

An interview with novelist, poet and essayist STEVEN HEIGHTON

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May 14, 2015 /Evan Jones
Steven Heighton, Evan Jones, interview
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A Book with Two Mollys

May 13, 2015 by Michael Groden

Joyce scholar MICHAEL GRODEN on his Ithaca

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May 13, 2015 /Michael Groden
Molly Peacock, James Joyce, Ulysses, Michael Groden, marriage, meet cute
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On Being Monographed

May 07, 2015 by Jason Guriel

MOLLY PEACOCK on a skeptic's opinion of her life's work

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May 07, 2015 /Jason Guriel
biography, Jason Guriel, Molly Peacock, poetry, personal essay
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Biographies Are Too Big

May 05, 2015 by Richard Greene

RICHARD GREENE on his biography of Graham Greene (no relation) 

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May 05, 2015 /Richard Greene
biography, Graham Greene, Richard Greene, biographers
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Full Court Press

April 30, 2015 by Jonathan Farmer

JONATHAN FARMER takes on his childhood heroes.

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April 30, 2015 /Jonathan Farmer
Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, basketball, heroism, gender, Jonathan Farmer
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Mob Rules

April 29, 2015 by Daisy Fried

DAISY FRIED on how Charles Dickens made us appalled by (and sympathetic to) mobs.

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April 29, 2015 /Daisy Fried
Charles Dickens, the mob, fiction, Daisy Fried
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"The Exile's Home Gallery"

April 22, 2015 by Jason Guriel

A poem by ELISE PARTRIDGE

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April 22, 2015 /Jason Guriel
Elise Partridge, The Exiles' Gallery, poem
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Home Is Where the Rock Is

April 21, 2015 by Andrew Hood

ANDREW HOOD on Jim Guthrie's unlikely musical revolution.

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April 21, 2015 /Andrew Hood
Jim Guthrie, Andrew Hood, Home is Where the Rock Is, music, Guelph
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Breeding Dogs in Order to Keep Cats

April 21, 2015 by Carmine Starnino

An interview with poet, journalist, and editor MARK ABLEY

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April 21, 2015 /Carmine Starnino
Carmine Starnino, Mark Abley, Anne Szumigalski, poetry, interview
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Are You There, God?

April 15, 2015 by John Semley

JOHN SEMLEY on the God of HBO's The Leftovers

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April 15, 2015 /John Semley
John Semley, The Leftovers, HBO, atheism, The Rapture, TV
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What Was Canadian Literature?

April 13, 2015 by Stephen Marche

STEPHEN MARCHE on the Decline and Fall of a National Experiment. 

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April 13, 2015 /Stephen Marche
Stephen Marche, CanLit, Canadian Literature, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, nationalism
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So You've Been Snarked on Twitter

April 13, 2015 by Jason Guriel & Jonathan Farmer

What happens when poetry critics politely disagree.

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April 13, 2015 /Jason Guriel & Jonathan Farmer
Jonathan Farmer, Jason Guriel, Slate, Twitter, Snark, poetry reviews, Twiter debate
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