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25-01-12

Ars Poetica – A Theatre Review Rana Bose

Ars Poetica At Bain St-Michel, 5300 St-Dominique, Montreal, from January 17-February 12, 2012. Infinite Theatre Production   An Anglo Montreal  Read more…

Editorial

31-12-11

Do you have an issue with/on Canadian Literature? Rana Bose

  An issue on Canadian Literature has been on the cards for a long time. Here it is, and…… here  Read more…

Art

29-12-11

Art must be our magic weapon: A conversation with Theodore A. Harris Rosalind Hampton

  I first came into contact with Theodore Harris when I was given the opportunity to moderate “Art as a  Read more…

Commentary

29-12-11

Deconstructing CANLIT: Considering the Other Cyril Dabydeen

– No language is neutral Derek Walcott To my students at the local university I announced that we would be  Read more…

Commentary

29-12-11

A Montreal Life Marianne Ackerman

Between the ages of twenty-eight and forty-four, I lived for Montreal. Nothing could have budged me from this town. Pure  Read more…

Art

29-12-11

Life in America Julian Samuel

I am walking along 21st Street toward 11th Avenue to see one exhibition which takes place in three different art  Read more…

Commentary

29-12-11

Literary Awards and the Spurned Writer Linda Leith

The 2011 literary awards season is drawing to an end, with new stars such as Esi Edugyan and Patrick deWitt  Read more…

Commentary

29-12-11

Ghazaling in English – A Canadian Poet’s Literary Journey Sheniz Janmohamed

  I was first introduced to ghazals by my father. Well, not really. I first heard ghazals at my father’s  Read more…

Short Story

29-12-11

De-complexioned Cyril Dabydeen

  Burning hot it keeps becoming, and Professor Ivor and I have been traipsing around the island. Tall, angular, and  Read more…

Short Story

29-12-11

Le petit monstre Antoine Bustros

      Il était une fois un petit monstre très laid et très méchant, qui portait en lui des  Read more…

Interview

29-12-11

An Interview with Merrily Weisbord Rana Bose

      Rana Bose (RB): Canadian Literature has been evolving in all directions.  Literature out of a newer multicultural  Read more…

Book Review

29-12-11

Rope, A Tale Told in Prose and Verse Paris Elizabeth Sea

Rope, A Tale Told in Prose and Verse by Louise Carson.  Broken Rules Press, 2011, 53 pages   I first  Read more…

Commentary

29-12-11

Why to Read and How; or On Teaching and Being Taught Paul Hawkins

I don’t want to talk about what to read—that anyone can choose for themselves.  What I want to talk about  Read more…

Commentary

28-12-11

Nature In A Box : representations of zoo animals in Canadian literature Shubhobroto Ghosh

Of late, I have been deluged with messages regarding the shifting of elephants from Toronto Zoo to the PAWS(Performing Animal  Read more…

Poetry

28-12-11

Miles to go Sheniz Janmohamed

  (Inspired by Robert Frost)       If only I had enough pens, enough to write ghazals in my  Read more…

Commentary

28-12-11

Behind the Yellow Door Ilona Martonfi

  [Please note that this piece was originally published in Poetry Quebec. - ed]   3625 Aylmer Street, Montreal    Read more…

Short Story

28-12-11

il Antoine Bustros

    C’est en descendant de la montagne que je l’aperçus pour la première fois. Mon premier réflexe eût été  Read more…

Book Review

28-12-11

“IN THE WRITERS’ WORDS…” Anne Cimon

IN THE WRITERS’ WORDS Conversations with Eight Canadian Poets, Laurence Hutchman, Guernica Press, Toronto-Buffalo-Lancaster (UK), 2011   The1950s in Canada  Read more…

Film Review

28-12-11

Varnam Prasun Lala

  A deluge of water filled up the Sunday morning I went to see Varnam at the 35th edition of  Read more…

Short Story

27-12-11

The “SCULPTURED WATER” (A not so imaginary tale) Pietro Ferrua

  Los Angeles, February 1972   Dear children: When I myself was a child, in Italy, and toured the country  Read more…

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