Poet and Son: Wat Raleigh

John Harris’s “Poet and Son” series tells the tale of Walter and Wat Raleigh.

Poet and Son: William Gascoigne

The second of John Harris’s series “Poet and Son” is about George and William Gascoigne.

Poet and Son: Lewis Chaucer

The first of John Harris’s series-in-progress, “Poet and Son,” is about Geoffrey and Lewis Chaucer.

Thinking Television: Tales of Media and Communication

Norbert Ruebsaat’s media students from around the world tell him how they watch television.

It’s the End of the Semester… as we know it

Stan Persky looks at the 2012-13 teaching season. Everything from “real education” to MOOCs and the Virtual U.

Somebody’s Horse

George Bowering, as a kid, encountering death and poetry in the Southern Okanagan Valley..

Iraq in the Mirror of Media: 10 Years Later

The U.S.-led war in Iraq marks its tenth anniversary. How does what the media said about it then stand up today? Dooney’s takes The Orwell Test.

Signs of Impending Cultural Doom #1

Wally Hourback uploads the first of a new series of probes into our cultural conditions–as viewed from North Bay, Ontario

The Limits of Civil Liberties

It’s the 50th anniversary of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. Stan Persky, a long-time BCCLA member, reflects.

The Poet and the Sound of His Own Voice

Brian Fawcett does some textual analysis for a confused reader of Montreal poet Norm Sibum, and explains the difference between a “blog” and an edited website.

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