The Decade in Arts & Culture
From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada
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Elizabeth Smart Died in 1986. Her Work Still Haunts Me
Poetic genius, bohemian, copywriter: she taught me to never compromise
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Are Prose Poets Trolling Us?
In a new anthology, everything is a poem. And nothing is
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Unscattered
He tricked his shrivelled tulips back to bloom
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Shows Us the Beauty of a Furious Poem
The persuasive anger of the poet’s new collection, Cluster, tackles everything from war to the financial industry
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The Narcissism of Contemporary Poetry
The poetry world is broad, but remains shallow. Do writers need to do more than simply write about themselves?
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Hair Is Choking the Drain
My friend in Africa has a cleaning lady. They are both Black. He tidies up a little before she arrives
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