Elizabeth Smart Died in 1986. Her Work Still Haunts Me
Poetic genius, bohemian, copywriter: she taught me to never compromise
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How the World Anti-Doping Agency Betrays Honest Athletes
When the highest authority on cheating is compromised, what happens to athletes who play by the rules?
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When Sexism Makes for a Catchy Song
My songwriting students pen misogynistic lyrics. But the music industry tells them that’s okay
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How a Seventh-Century Irish Princess Got Me Back On a Plane
To overcome my fear of air travel, I turned to Saint Dymphna
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Raptors, Race, and Belonging
How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation
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The Secret Lives of Canadian Superheroes
Marvel’s Alpha Flight made Canada cool in the 1980s. Following the Raptors’ championship win, the comic is back
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Why Language Is Cool
Words are as close to immortality as you’ll ever get
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The Return of Political Fiction
How a new generation of Canadian writers is turning politics into art
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Are Prose Poets Trolling Us?
In a new anthology, everything is a poem. And nothing is
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