Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the ForestAmanda LewisGreystone, 2023 Review by Kim Trainor We are surrounded by some of the most beautiful and ancient trees on the planet, yet many of us on the west...
Best Young Woman Job BookEmma HealeyRandom House Canada, 2022 Review by Kristina Rothstein On first perusal, Emma Healey’s Best Young Woman Job Book might seem like a slightly unconventional memoir. It could be read as a young writer’s life...
Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism Daphné B. Translated by Alex ManleyCoach House Books, 2021 Review by Alanna Why When you think of make-up, do you think of a frivolous activity or a form of self-care? For...
Eat A PeachDavid ChangClarkson Potter/Publishers 2020 Review by Caileigh Broatch David Chang wears a lot of hats, the first of which is a chef’s hat. He is, after all, the founder of the Momofuku Restaurant Group (with a new...
Animalby Dorothea LaskyWave Books, 2019 Review by Jaz Papadopoulos Dorothea Lasky’s Animal (Wave Books, 2019) is a spiraling revelation of the pure possibility of poetry, disguised as four essays. The essays were originally delivered as lectures for the Bagley...
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes From the End of the WorldKai Cheng ThomArsenal Pulp Press, 2019 Review by Jaz Papadopoulos When I first heard the phrase “A Trans Girl’s Notes From the End of the...
The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang Graywolf Press Review by Margeaux Feldman Esmé Weijun Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays begins with a proclamation: “Schizophrenia terrifies.” For Wang, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2013, the most terrifying thing...
We are so happy to announce our Winter issue 57.2!
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We received so many amazing pieces of writing for this year’s contest. We’re excited and honoured to announce the winners of this year’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, as selected by Jonathan Kemp! You can read all three pieces in our Winter issue 57.2, so be sure to pick up a copy!
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