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Last Updated: May 11th, 2012 - 23:07:27 |
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Justin Trudeau & Pugilistic Poetry
Two weeks before Canada’s “Fight of the Century” Justin Trudeau stood at the podium at the Irving Layton Centenary Celebration organized and hosted by Poetry Quebec, and read Layton’s poem From Colony to Nation which describes Canadians as, among other things, “… a dull people/enamoured of childish games.”
Apr 7, 2012, 09:16
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Editorial 101-11: Irving Layton Centenary
He is also important because he was determined to bring literature (poetry) to the consciousness of Canada and Canadians. At a time when Canada was content to be a colony, Layton spoke loud and clear and in a way that disturbed the existing colonial state of mind.
Feb 2, 2012, 21:12
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Open Letter to Louis Dudek
This country is sick or somnolent. Proof? Despite the silly puerilities and vicious nonsense you've been turning out on your sausage-grinder (excuse me, press) no one has arisen to challenge them.
Jan 17, 2012, 09:53
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Editorial 101-10: Year-end Reflection
Another year is ending and as is the wont of such times, a bit of reflection.
Dec 9, 2011, 15:41
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Joel Yanofsky: Open Letter
An Open Letter to Joel Yanofsky concerning the inaccuracies and omissions in his recent article "Enfin Visibles! Quebec's Literary Community" in Minority Report: An Alternative History of English-Language Arts in Quebec published by Guernica Press (2011).
Nov 10, 2011, 13:58
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Editorial 101-09: To Everything There is a Season
This past summer, Canadians lost a man most of us hardly knew but were deeply touched by. We lost the promise of what might or could have been. Had he lived, he might have led us through a heavy winter to a hopeful spring.
Sep 22, 2011, 08:14
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Editorial 101-08: Where the SUN don't shine!
Good News/Bad news. The bad news is that there is an all-out war on the arts. The problem is, most artists don’t know it or don’t want to admit it. The good news is that, fortunately, no one else is aware of it either.
Jun 24, 2011, 08:12
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Jack Locke: Anglophobia strikes Montreal's Arts Council
Claude Beausoleil is Montreal's new poet of the city (Počte de la Cité). But the organization that has gone miles to create the poet's position refuses to publicize its noble initiative in English.
Jun 21, 2011, 11:40
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Editorial 101-07: Multiculturalism: YES/NON
Most “pro-multicultural” people have multicultural allegiances and believe that variety is the spice of life. We believe that this is also true of many who are native French of Quebec.
Mar 15, 2011, 20:43
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Editorial 101-06: “g” as in Gold
Artie Gold is one of the few true original voices in Canadian poetry. His poems deserve serious attention and dissemination. We have enough second-rate poseurs from sea to sea to sea. We need the freshness, vitality, wit, and depth of Gold’s poetry to set the Gold standard.
Dec 24, 2010, 22:59
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