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Susan Dubrofsky

Ian and Louise in residency at Heartroot, Lac Mégantic – Photo © Sarah Beth Goncarova
Interview

Reflections on Starry Skies

Dark Sky Preserves are protected areas around the world dedicated to protecting the night


Reprints

11 Steps, revisited

11 Steps is a comment on the fogginess in the minds of our government as to what human chaos would really unfold if a nuclear disaster occurred....


Art and Inspiration: Approaching the divine

Art and Inspiration: Approaching the divine

  Ideas are cheap. It is the physical actualization of a thought or a feeling that can be torturous, laborious and demanding but when ultimately achieved, and achieved successfully, that result, can be wondrous and mystical. As Mark Twain so […]


Where my heart leads me

  We regularly see, read or hear works of art only when they are completed or when they are considered finished by their creator. The following statements are from various visual artists who have previously been showcased on Montreal Serai […]


My Mother’s Wedding Dishes

My Mother’s Wedding Dishes

My mother hated her wedding dishes. These dishes, of fine china with a lavender floral pattern numbered E2904 from Henry Birks and Sons department store, had been given to her by her family when, at twenty years old, she had […]


Short and Sweet and Contemporary
Commentary

Short and Sweet and Contemporary

      I used to take my short stories to girls’ homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her? Ray Bradbury   Women want love […]


The Princess in the Desert
Short Story

The Princess in the Desert

After two months cruising the southwest Mexican coast, picking up poco espanole and John, I was ready to go home. We caught the ferry at Puerto Vallarta and landed before noon on the tip of the Mexican Bahas. We planned […]


Editorial: Heroines and Heroes

Editorial: Heroines and Heroes

Heroes and heroines. These are words that graze the archaic. Words that suggest people with extraordinary super powers. Words that arouse forgotten childhoods. Words that provoke legends. Words that rouse jealousy. Words that arouse admiration. Words that stimulate our senses. […]


What’s up Doc?

What’s up Doc?

 


Beep Beep

Beep Beep

    The insistent electronic beeping of my alarm clock jolts me from sleep.  Beep beep.  I see 4:30 in crimson digits.  Damn, it’s way too early.  I bang down the alarm button and soon the beep beep reawakens me.  […]


Round and Round

Round and Round

            In grade seven, I had a crush on Eric.  Tall, lean, gorgeous Eric.  He was in the same year as I was, but he was a year older.  I knew little about him and accepted the rumours that he […]


Water Marks & Battle of Wills – Interview with Anne Henderson, documentary film maker.

Water Marks & Battle of Wills – Interview with Anne Henderson, documentary film maker.

    In October 1975 Roy Lowther was charged with the murder of his wife, Pat, a gifted and renowned Canadian poet, when her two young daughters, Chris and Beth, were seven and nine. In this film, the two women […]


Interview with Martin Duckworth, documentary filmmaker.

Interview with Martin Duckworth, documentary filmmaker.

Biography: Montreal-born Martin Duckworth came to filmmaking from a background in history. Duckworth was on staff at the National Film Board of Canada from 1963 – 1970 and since that time, has made films there as a free lancer. He […]


What’s happening in Sharbot Lake, Ontario?

What’s happening in Sharbot Lake, Ontario?

 


What binds us?

What binds us?


Québec mon Pays

Québec mon Pays

There were twelve of us in three cars driving from Montreal to Baie St-Paul and I was the only English-speaking person among eleven French-Canadians. We had decided to go whale watching and Baie St-Paul, situated in Charlevoix on the Fleuve […]


James Finnerty’s accoustic sound
Music

James Finnerty’s accoustic sound

  “James Finnerty started the night with his calm, quiet wit and heart-hurting hopeful lyrics and masterful guitar.” – Risa Dickens, Indyish Click on here to listen the mp3 of “Vermont Song”. Interview below. Vermont Song – Lyrics Two birds […]


Interview with Janet Lumb – musician, composer
Interview

Interview with Janet Lumb – musician, composer

  —> Click on this text to hear Janet Lumb play the “Chant of Maarya”. Interview Q. You are a musician, a sax player, film composer and activist. How do you combine all this? A. They are all for me […]


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