canadian literature

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Heartwood

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Bruce Taylor

It’s pleasant work, / I get to see the insides of some trees.

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Love Letter to My Recent Poems

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Ellie Sawatzky

I was trained to be secretive and lovely. I’m like / any mother, I love and hate you, and I want / to give you everything.

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Prime Location

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Karen Solie

And the owner will say it’s for the best, / he couldn’t give that place away.

Illustration of a couple camping. In the foreground, the man's worried face is visible in their tent while behind him the woman is swimming in a blue lake.

Fiction / July/August 2024

Heaven on Earth

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Dimitri Nasrallah

That was no raccoon. They both knew it sounded bigger than that

A photo of Alice Munro against a full red backdrop

Books

Alice Munro Was Bigger than Canada

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes

Arts & Culture

How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide

June 11, 2024June 13, 2024 - by Josiah Neufeld

Scotiabank’s military investments have tainted one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards

A photograph of the poet, a man with his chin in his hand and looking toward the right of the frame, against a periwinkle-blue background.

June 2024 / Poetry

Recess

June 7, 2024 - by David O'Meara

Beyond hopscotch chalked-out boxes, / gravel started, then a diamond

An illustration of Rachel Cusk's head, appearing three times, interrupted by static. The background is a swirl of pink, purple, and blue.

Books / July/August 2024

Rachel Cusk’s Parade Turns the Novel Upside Down

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 - by Ariella Garmaise

In the book, characters exist, sort of, but they’re mostly artists, and they’re almost all named G

Books

Alice Munro, Nobel-Winning Author, Dies at Ninety-Two

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 - by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

A Canadian master of the contemporary short story passes away

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Arts & Culture

Forget That Stuff about Mounties, Hockey, and Corny Beer Commercials

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 - by M.G. Vassanji

As Canada changes, the people writing its books—and the stories they tell—are changing too

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Rachel Cusk’s Parade Turns the Novel Upside Down

Forget That Stuff about Mounties, Hockey, and Corny Beer Commercials

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