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Mark Abley

Mark Abley is writing a book about his travels from Istanbul to Kathmandu in the final year of the hippie trail. He lives in Montreal.
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Arts & Culture / September/October 2022

The Tarnished Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

August 24, 2022August 29, 2022 - by Mark Abley

How educators are teaching the poetry of the man who oversaw residential schools

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Books / December 2021

The New Pamphleteers: Why One Publisher Is Betting on Short Books with Big Ideas

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 - by Mark Abley

Biblioasis’s new series tries to incite debate and fill a hole in the publishing landscape

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Learning to Forgive My Distant Father

January 17, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Mark Abley

I always knew my dad loved me. But he often seemed to love his music more

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Clichés As a Political Tool

November 19, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Mark Abley

How prefabricated language helps everybody from prime ministers to CEOs disguise what they really want to say

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June 2018

Beyond Bilingualism

May 30, 2018March 3, 2022 - by Mark Abley

The Official Languages Act will soon turn fifty. Have we outgrown it?

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Arts & Culture

Montreal’s New Art Exhibit Celebrates Leonard Cohen’s Influence

November 9, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Mark Abley

“A Crack in Everything” is a wide-ranging show of visual art, film, music, and dance inspired by the city’s favourite son

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Try to Say the Grace

November 10, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Mark Abley

Leonard Cohen passes away at eighty-two

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Jean-Lois Kerouac

September 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Mark Abley

The Americas Society divvies up a literary icon

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The Wilcox Manuscripts

December 12, 2004May 4, 2020 - by Mark Abley

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