The Uneasy Friendship of Poets
What happens when a literary relationship revolves around constantly criticizing each other’s work?
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The Outrage Industry
No, let me tell you that the more we talk, the more I’m convinced I’m right
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Theory of Writing
Can the secret to writing well be as simple as a mathematical equation?
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Leonard Cohen’s Afterlife
A posthumous collection, finished days before his death, reveals the artist at his most intimate
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Billy-Ray Belcourt’s Radical Poetry
The twenty-three-year-old Cree poet believes in the political power of clear writing
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The Modesty and Mastery of Don Coles
He taught a generation of young writers that poems take work and patience
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Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry
The Montreal poet’s timeless world of leaves, rain, snow, wind, sidewalks and shadows
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Walrus Poetry Prize Judge Jordan Abel Shares What He’s Looking for This Year
“I’d like to begin to read a poem and then not be able to stop”
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In Cloud Country
Within our borders, / your hair frays cirrus into sky, while that bride, / so serious in every photo, never had to be you.
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The Side Effects of Reading Poetry
Consuming poems can come with unforeseen consequences
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