The Writers Leading the Nonfiction Revolution
A new wave of experimental writing sees racialized authors forging their own literary tradition
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Do You Have a Musical Guilty Pleasure? Claim It
Why Chilly Gonzales believes Enya has the voice of an angel
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Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”
There’s a burden on writers of colour to tell stories of trauma. Authors like Dany Laferrière refuse to play along
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Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020
From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year
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Hope Is Good. Disappointment Is Better
What the best novels teach us about the virtues of disillusionment
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My Mum and Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers believed everybody was somebody. A box of lost letters tells the story of how he helped my mother believe in herself too
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William Ukoh Photographs a World of Leisure and Black Beauty
For the artist, rest and relaxation aren’t just aesthetics—they are where freedom is found
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The Author Who Shaped the Way We Represent Disability
Mainstream entertainment rarely allows people with disabilities to exist as we are. Jean Little’s work taught me there’s no shame in writing about our experiences
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The Boring Brilliance of Hinterland Who’s Who
Fifty years later, the iconic one-minute nature docs remain the best television to ever come out of Canada
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The Racist History of the Painter’s Palette
Terms like “flesh tone” raise the question: Who does the art world think is holding the brush?
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