Tag: writing
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World Poetry Day 2026: Lowther, Atwood, Carson and Classical Mythology
I read Erin Shields‘s Ransacking Troy in one great gulp this morning, and it’s a bracing way to start the day. As in her previous work, Shields’s play is reconsidering familiar stories from a feminist perspective in order to recuperate what has been lost or silenced. Her efforts extend from Greek mythology to the present,…
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This Could Be the Day
Photo: Robyn Hitchcock; used under a CC license I’m writing a book. Technically, two books. Piece of cake. “Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” George Orwell I love this, because my writing and my chronic illnesses are closely linked, including both taking place largely in…
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Art Crimes and Misdemeanours
When I was in high school, a friend and I often hung out at Café Wim on Sussex, near the current location of the National Gallery. Safdie’s glass and metal marvel was still under construction, and it was sited in such a way that it mirrored the Parliament Buildings across from it. Ottawa was an…
