By Maandeeq Mohamed
February is black history month. February is a month for spotlighting categories like “black cinema” or “African-Canadian poetry.” But what’s in a label? An anthology might group Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison together, but does this collapse different voices writing from different times into one category? Continue reading ...
By Maandeeq Mohamed
The Guardian picks their favourite writers to share their Rules for Writing. Featured authors range from Margaret Atwood to Zadie Smith – both of which (based on their amazing output) must be doing something right – so any aspiring writers might do well to read this list. If however, you lack the attention span to trawl through the various lists Continue reading ...
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By Maandeeq Mohamed
The Penguin cover: a little orange book featuring little more than the outline of a penguin, a title, and an author. At first glance, the deceptively simple combination seems an unlikely candidate for icon status. But that’s what happened Continue reading ...
by Maandeeq Mohamed
1. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
2. Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry edited by Madhur Anand and Adam Dickinson
3. Blankets by Craig Thompson
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