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Jason Guriel

Jason Guriel is the author of several books, including the verse novel Forgotten Work. He lives in Toronto.
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Memoir

I Miss Being Bored at the Mall

September 23, 2022September 28, 2022 - by Jason Guriel

Browsing taught me to enjoy my own company. In a digital age, how will my children learn to be by themselves?

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Arts & Culture

Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 - by Jason Guriel

Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around

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Arts & Culture

Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing

June 24, 2021June 9, 2022 - by Jason Guriel

Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits

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June 2020 / Poetry

COVID-19 Couplets

May 23, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths / Of space

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Arts & Culture

Are Prose Poets Trolling Us?

September 17, 2019July 27, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

In a new anthology, everything is a poem. And nothing is

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Poetry

Forgotten Work

September 13, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Jason Guriel

There also was an obit for Oasis; The aging rockers had fused and perished, faces Picassoed, mop tops mixed

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Canada’s Cantankerous Aardvark

December 25, 2017September 11, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

Cerebus, which turns forty this month, is one of the funniest, most innovative, and most offensive comics ever made

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Arts & Culture

The Case Against Reading Everything

December 13, 2017January 6, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

Writing instructors preach exposure to different voices and styles. They are wrong

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Arts & Culture

Carly Rae Jepsen Hasn’t Earned Your Scholarly Scrutiny

July 27, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Jason Guriel

Contemporary culture writers warp their subjects out of proportion by applying more gravitas than is warranted by the source material

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Books

What Happens When Authors Are Afraid to Stand Alone

May 9, 2017November 20, 2021 - by Jason Guriel

Writing as an individual pursuit has been replaced by “community”—and literature is the worse for it

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