The Poetic Disturbances of M. NourbeSe Philip
In her new book of essays, the Canadian poet fights the policing and restricting of black creative expression
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Paul Barrett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University. and the author of Blackening Canada: Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism.
Why Everyone Is Wrong about the Censorship Fight at Universities
The silencing of part-time instructors is the real free speech crisis
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The Wild Rise of CanLit
Nick Mount’s Arrival brings Canada’s 1960s literary stars to life—but overlooks the era’s diversity
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The Unbearable Whiteness of CanLit
Black writers are not marginal to our literature; they are our literature. So why aren’t they being taught?
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The Myth of the Lone Genius
In Canadian literature, community is often the only way minority voices are heard
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Black Pride Matters
Canadians have a long history of ignoring anti-black racism and gaslighting those who demonstrate its existence
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