The worlds of therapy and nature operate in tandem in Melanie Siebert’s long poem Signal Infinities
Siebert's empathetic approach to her material is admirable and she has the capacity for cutting observation.
Irish author Kevin Barry turns his gaze Stateside for a brutal, beautiful neo-Western
The Heart in Winter is easily one of the best books of the year.
Worrisome 20th century antecedents preoccupy Ken McGoogan in his new work of biographical history
The chimes between Europe of the 1930s and American in the 2010s and early 2020s are clear and persuasive.
A new volume of interviews provides an interesting – if proscribed – view of Canadian poets and poetry
Jones's preference for selecting elder statesmen and women generally omits a broad range of voices that have helped push Canadian poetry out of the confines of its colonial past.
Some thoughts on the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth
Baldwin's literary aesthetic was predicated upon the notion of the complexity of individuals, regardless of race, class, or occupation.
Recent legal decision around “Bling Bling” rapper only the latest attempt to criminalize rap lyrics in America
If the First Amendment provides protection for every artistic endeavour except rap music, it then becomes impossible not to see this Constitutional provision as a racist instrument.
Four jurors for the Writers’ Trust Weston International Award release statement about tensions arising out of this year’s Politics and the Pen controversy
The Writers' Trust is not the only major Canadian organization facing protests over its handling of events regarding the war in Gaza.
Grief, memory, and formal playfulness combine in new poetry from Dallas Hunt and Catherine Owen
Owen is a lyric poet who delights in working within traditional forms.
A book first published sixty-two years ago helps explain the weird quasi-reality we are living through
So much of what Boorstin itemizes now seems inevitable it's difficult to countenance how groundbreaking his analysis was in its own time.
Megha Majumdar departs Scotiabank Giller Prize jury amid spiralling protest
Giller will operate with a three-person jury for the first time since 2014.