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Anita Lahey
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The Poet Whose Work Helped Set the Stage for #MeToo
Twenty-seven years after her death, Bronwen Wallace’s feminist poetry feels newly relevant
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Shows Us the Beauty of a Furious Poem
The persuasive anger of the poet’s new collection, Cluster, tackles everything from war to the financial industry
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The Otherworldly Luminescence of Mary Pratt’s Art
Dead at 83, the Canadian painter was a visionary in our midst
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Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry
The Montreal poet’s timeless world of leaves, rain, snow, wind, sidewalks and shadows
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How Farmers Are Saving the Trumpeter Swan
The world’s largest waterfowl has rebounded from near extinction—thanks, in part, to the people who hate them
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The Side Effects of Reading Poetry
Consuming poems can come with unforeseen consequences
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Do You Know What You’re Eating?
Canadians want labels on GM foods. But would we understand them?
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