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The two poets talk about perceptions of time, playing with the units of language, and things beyond oneself.

Ben Robinson

Ben Robinson

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Robert Adamson and Juno Gemes (2009) Credit: Juno Gemes      I don’t believe Australia exists, though...

│││ I can no longer afford humour a spear knocks at my caged heart and the rattles awaken a primal fear. a marble floor, a marble bust...

Danila Botha Reviews Sadiqa de Meijer's In the Field, touching on form, authenticity, experiences, and more. Read now!

Congratulations to the entire 2025 Nelson Ball Prize long list! Naturally, it is very exciting to see an above/ground press title on the li...

At fifty-eight, Karen Solie is one of our major poets. You might find her on her family farm in Saskatchewan

Sheila Heti and I met at the Gladstone, a beautiful old hotel in the West Queen West neighborhood of Toronto, on a cold, snowy January weekend. She was warm, friendly, and generous; on her way to the ...

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I was under no illusion that The Collected Prose would solve the mystery, or lay to rest the lie, of how Plath was...

Another fair has come and gone! Thanks to everyone who participated, from exhibitors to volunteers to readers to audience! And did you see I...

“Don’t write about me. Write about Korea, about the issues,” Mom has told me multiple times. Dad: “You seem to write about our family when you run out of topics.” I am embarrassed by memoir and simult...

The grassroots campaign that took on the Giller for its ties to the genocide in Gaza forced a broader reckoning in the Canadian literary community

Cicely Grace, for “Rather Her Clean” read Grace’s shortlisted work here 2025 Bronwen Wallace Awards • Poetry Shortlist interviewed by r...

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My dad is driving me home. His girlfriend is sitting on the front passenger seat. At least they are the same age, I tell myself. I am glad to be in the back seat not driving, but I notice how there is...

What would it mean for our writing, thinking, and living if we looked to land as pedagogy, or if we thought of theory as something embodied and kinetic? In Theory of Water Leanne Betasamosake Simpson ...

The poets talk about attending to local restoration efforts in art, collectivity, and the sonic and semantic harmonies in poetry.

I couldn’t tell you exactly why I associate this pretty pop song, “The Sweetest Thing” by Camera Obscura every time I think of Dale. Then again, it’s obvious… my life …