Guelph-born, New York-based Jesse Ruddock is the author of Shot-Blue (Coach House Books)
Author: Ashley Van Elswyk
Raj has his laptop open, and he types as Kathy leans towards him, whispering intensely. She catches a glimpse of herself in the cabin’s living room window – pale face framed by red pigtails, next to the burgundy orb that is Raj’s turban…
A story is haunting me. In itself, this is not unusual; stories are central, indeed generative, in my life, but the particular story is peculiar. It’s old and I suspect most people know it…
Albert Frank Moritz was born in Niles, Ohio, in 1947 and educated at Marquette University in Wisconsin, where he completed…
While not devoid of poetic merit, Drake’s songs are designed to be hits that can bear repeated, but not necessarily close, listening. The question with such a strategy is to what extent lyrical content matters.
Many years ago, as a graduate student of English, I was told something about where the discipline was headed by…
Born in Clinton, Ontario, in 1942, poet Nelson Ball began his life as a bookseller forty-four years ago in Toronto…
If I had been asked to hand out medals to Canadian poets at the starting blocks of the new century, George Elliott Clarke would have been a contender for gold…
Michael Helm’s novel After James (McClelland & Stewart) was published this September to widespread critical acclaim. Ambitious and virtuosic, it’s a…
Marc Bell was asked to design the cover for this year’s Best American Comics anthology. Brad de Roo spoke to him about the process.