Book Review
Fear the Mirror
I will say it outright: Fear the Mirror, Cora Siré’s newly minted collection of linked short stories, is […]
Article Tag: Maya Khankhoje
Book Review
Navigating the Climate Crisis
Ann Eriksson’s Urgent Message from a Hot Planet is a heartfelt plea for all of us to do […]
Book Review
El Tamalito
Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda wrote a passionate ode to the humble onion, acknowledging its importance as a staple […]
Book Review
When the Light of the World Was Subdued: Review and Commentary
It is a celebration of the oral and spiritual traditions of the first poets of what today is known as the United States of America
Short Story
The Emperor and the Crab
Today is a rainy, slushy, windy, still-winter grey day, and my mood matches the weather.
Book Review
Takewing a.m.
TAKEWING a.m., written and Illustrated by Brenda J. Wilson. FriesenPress, 348 pages TAKEWING a.m. is Brenda J. Wilson’s […]
Essay
Where Science Meets Art and Becomes One
The zeitgeist of our times is characterized by creativity and innovation, particularly in the fields of art and […]
Poetry
Cheeky Mathematics
Cheeky Mathematics He and she fuse their cells with the sticky glue of their warm juices Two cells […]
Film Review
Quentura
The 29th edition of the Montréal First Peoples Festival (Présence autochtone) unfolded from August 6 to August 14. On […]
Book Review
“Me Artsy”
Me Artsy, compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor Douglas & McIntyre, 2015 (256 pages) The best way to […]
Book Review
A review of Kingdom of Olives and Ash
Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, 2017, HarperCollins Publishers, 448 pages The […]
Book Review
A Review of Jonny Appleseed
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead, 2018, Arsenal Pulp Press (Vancouver), 223 pages Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, […]
Editorial
Decolonizing Voices
Territorial integrity is not the only marker of independence
Book Review
Review of Blackbird Song
“The walk is a journey of the spirit carried by the body like a good friend, and sitting is an important part of the walking.”
Book Review
Review of Wrestling with Colonialism on Steroids: Quebec Inuit Fight for Their Homeland
Nungak delivers an often humorous, in-your-face account of the history of Nunavik
Book Review
A review of Evening Primrose
In her personal life, her friendship with a Zimbabwean fellow doctor earns her a brutal “correction” from her fellow countrymen.
Book Review
A review of Conversations on Writing
Pay heed to the final words of a profound thinker.
Essay
Speaking at Eye Level: Decoding the Language of Populism
A quick search of the term populism in cyberspace reveals its increasing popularity (no pun intended) in the last decade, […]
Book Review
My Conversations with Canadians
“Nowhere in these treaties or court decisions does it say we grant you permission to take over management and control of our territory and our lives.”
Essay
The Spirit of Our Times
Qi or Ch’i is often defined as a spiritual force that emanates from, or animates, living beings. In Chinese, […]
Book Review
Undoctored
Undoctored is an honest, well-researched, clearly written indictment of an unholy alliance that affects each and every one of us.
Book Review
No Is Not Enough
In this well-researched and incisive book written at breakneck speed (to match the speed of Donald Trump’s sharp turns in the White House), Klein makes it very clear that Trump’s rise to power is not an aberration, but rather the inevitable culmination of neoliberal politics in recent decades.
Book Review
The Precariat. The New Dangerous Class
The precariat is growing because “there was a crude social compact in the globalisation era.”
Book Review
American Candide
“War on drugs is hell,” announced Candide to his friend. “Someone’s always trying to rip off your grow-op. They better learn to cultivate their own garden if they know what’s good for them.”
Film Review
Dheepan
Dheepan is a Tamil-language film directed by French director Jacques Audiard, featuring Jesuthasan Anthonythasan as Dheepan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan as his […]