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Illustration of several plates containing cassava-based dishes like pie and sliced root. The plates are garnished with purple and green flowers.

January/February 2021

Why My Mother’s Cassava Pie Is More than a Comfort Food

December 11, 2020May 21, 2024 - by Steph Wong Ken

Learning the history of resistance behind my family’s favourite dish

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Photo of the poet Lorna Goodison against a violet floral backdrop

Lorna Goodison and the Wicked Force of Poetry

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 - by Kate Siklosi

The first Canadian to win the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry finds beauty in a world that often denies it

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Brothers in Arms

November 11, 2016November 9, 2023 - by Rachel Manley

The First World War drove my Jamaican grandfather into a life of national service that would forever change my family’s country

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