You Can’t Solve the Teacher Shortage by Pretending Anyone Can Do the Job
Teaching is a profession, but it’s being turned into a gig
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The Shunned Literary Genius of Samuel Selvon
When a giant of Caribbean literature moved to Calgary, Canadian critics ignored him. He probably didn’t care
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I Changed My Mind about Reading Problematic Male Authors
I came of age loving the works of Milan Kundera and Derek Walcott. Now, as a professor of literature, I have to ask tough questions
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The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy
Scott Griffin wants to create the most lucrative poetry prize in the world. Not everyone is happy
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Hotline Proves Happy Endings Are Still Worth Writing
Fiction about immigrants tends toward melancholy and tragedy. Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel delivers something different
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A Small Press Finds Success by Refusing to Ignore the World
How taking risks has helped a Quebec publisher stand out against the pervasive whiteness of the industry
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Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Human Experience? Author Marie-Claire Blais Says Yes
In her new novel, Songs for Angel, Blais proves that the twenty-first-century heir to modernism is a francophone octogenarian living in Florida
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