“We is all we have”: Science, nature, and politics intertwine in Derek Webster’s National Animal
The poems in National Animal do not cleave to unidirectional pieties about nature or the resilience of humankind.
Pedagogy as practice: A new anthology aims to define best practices for teaching creative writing in universities
Numerous chapters address interdisciplinary practice and the value of working not just across genres but across academic fields of interest.
Content warning: Some thoughts on the Alberta government’s new initiative to police content in provincial schools
The term "explicit sexual content" is often code for gay, lesbian, or trans content.
“The workforce is older and not moving”: The ACP’s Dani MacDonald discusses the implications in the group’s latest salary survey
"There's definitely under-representation of BIPOC individuals in senior roles," MacDonald says.
Future (un)certain: An unconventional POV undercuts the emotional force in Jean-Phillippe Baril Guérard’s You Crushed It
Guérard's novel gives the impression that the author is impatient with traditional narrative forms.
All the world a stage: The roles we play in our daily lives are examined in Katie Kitamura’s enigmatic Audition
In Audition we are presented with two essentially incompatible versions of the same woman
“Mondays are bait days”: The harsh landscape of Chris Bailey’s rigorously unsentimental second collection
In Bailey's case, his subject is virtually inexhaustible, because the setting is inexhaustible.
“Anyhow, he gives large parties”: On the centenary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
In Gatsby, we find the apotheosis of Fitzgerald's novelistic voice.
And then there were none: Griffin Poetry Prize unveils a five-book shortlist devoid of Canadians
If deep-pocketed institutions and organizations – and prizes – in this country aren't doing enough to support and elevate Canadian poetry, then it's up to the rest of us.
Continental drift: Rob Goodman’s Not Here, written before Trump 2.0, provides glimpses of Canada’s resilience
That democratic erosion, well underway when Goodman published his book in summer 2023, has only accelerated under a second Trump administration.