We all know we are going to die, but most of us don’t know when. After being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37, Teva Harrison knew the end was coming much ... Read More »
What do fairy tales tell us about who we think is less than whole? What do happy endings tell us about who we believe really has worth? And what would these narratives look like if ... Read More »
February 10, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews
The question at the heart of Toronto writer André Babyn’s debut novel seems fairly straightforward: just what is Evie of the Deepthorn? The answer, however, is not as simple as it might appear. The novel’s ... Read More »
February 7, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Ottawa-based author Anita Kushwaha’s second novel can’t help but be compared to Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter, another story about the relationship between a mother and her adopted Indian daughter and the fears and hopes ... Read More »
February 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Michael Melgaard’s debut collection of short fiction, Pallbearing, begins with a story of the same name. Jonathan is a pallbearer for his friend Alana, a young woman who was terminally ill for long enough to ... Read More »
February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
Michael Melgaard’s debut collection of short fiction, Pallbearing, begins with a story of the same name. Jonathan is a pallbearer for his friend Alana, a young woman who was terminally ill for long enough to ... Read More »
February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews
The anthology Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada is a comprehensive compendium focusing on the most urgent issues facing Canada’s Black community today. Edited by core and founding members of ... Read More »
January 30, 2020 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews
Alice Hale is desperate to escape her life, but she never imagined freedom would mean leaving New York City for a dilapidated old house in the bedroom town of Greenville. She only agrees to her ... Read More »
January 23, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson’s debut novel is a difficult book. But that should be expected, seeing as Robertson’s poetry is also famously difficult. Her work – conceptual, fixated on questions of form and linguistic subjectivity, ... Read More »
January 20, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
It is not an exaggeration to say that Desmond Cole’s book should be taught in classrooms, roiling in the minds of the next generation, lauded in social justice movements. It’s a striking, searing, perspective-shifting book ... Read More »
January 20, 2020 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews, Social Sciences
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