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Alberta Bound
by Anthony Easton
by Anthony Easton
Our popular national myth has it wrong: Canada has always prioritized the transport of goods over people.
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Reconcile This
by Shane Rhodes
by Shane Rhodes
In a time of supposed reconciliation, what role do monuments to colonialization play?
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The Backsides of White Souls
by Ronald L. Grimes
by Ronald L. Grimes
An American Canadian wrestles with family and racism in the age of Trump.
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It’s An Honour Just To Be Nominated, Probably
by Jared Young
by Jared Young
A presumptuous nominee on the hubris, and shame, of Giller Prize forensics.
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Hammering It Out:
What We Hamiltonians Talk About When
We Talk about Food in Hamilton
by Anthony Easton
What We Hamiltonians Talk About When
We Talk about Food in Hamilton
by Anthony Easton
Ten anecdotes about what it means to eat in “Toronto’s Brooklyn”
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Driving Theatre
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
When it comes to the rules of the road, don’t let the movies be your guide.
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Considering Drake’s Poetics
by E Martin Nolan
by E Martin Nolan
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.
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How The West Was Sung: Corb Lund’s Alberta
by Anthony Easton
by Anthony Easton
I don’t know what to do with Corb Lund. If Ian Tyson weren’t alive, then he might be the only…
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Signature Moves
by Breanna Mroczek
by Breanna Mroczek
When I first read Don DeLillo’s White Noise as an over-eager third-year English major, it felt like a revelation. This…
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Is That Quote For Here, or To Go?
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
It’s common wisdom that sex sells. In the rarified world of cafe sandwich boards, however, literature and the pithy quote remain the go-to.