Emily Landau

March 2015 / Memoir

After Two Decades on Antidepressants, Who Am I?

February 19, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Emily Landau

I was diagnosed with a mental illness at age eleven and joined one of the first generations to grow up on prescription pills

Two girls holding books in front of their faces

April 2014 / Books

Never-Never Land

March 18, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

Don’t blame millennials for new-adult fiction

Person holding a video game controller, starring at a screen

March 2014 / Society

Moral Code

February 26, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

A new breed of video game challenges your conscience

Books / September 2013

American Dreamer

August 12, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Emily Landau

David Rakoff’s posthumous novel is an unexpected tale of empathy and hope

Books / June 2013

Slaying Dragons

May 14, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Emily Landau

The limited imagination of high-fantasy fiction

September 2012

Teenage Dreams

September 12, 2012October 23, 2019 - by Emily Landau

After twenty-five years, Degrassi remains popular culture’s most honest depiction of teen life

Arts & Culture / July/August 2012

Double Vision

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

Poet Pauline Johnson enthralled Victorian theatregoers with a stereotype-smashing spin on her Mohawk-English heritage. Along the way, she became Canada’s first postmodern celebrity

Books / January/February 2012

Lost Boy

January 12, 2012August 8, 2020 - by Emily Landau

With his parody of children’s books, Highly Inapproriate Tales for Young People, Douglas Coupland joins his Gen X peers, revelling in nostalgia. Isn’t it time to grow up?