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.

A Poetry War in Prince George

There’s a war going on in Prince George, B.C., and its no joke. Brian Fawcett identifies the differing sides, and the stakes involved. They’re quite a lot larger than they might seem.

In Defense of Postnorth

There’s a poetry war going on in Northern, B.C.. It isn’t a joke, and the stakes are real. Graham Pearce offers a description of what it’s about

Black Bear Diplomacy — A Modest Proposal

Sid Marty goes down to the woods today. The big surprise is that the bears are in big trouble.

Letter from Macedonia

Myrna Kostash delivers her account of Macedonia. She’s now back in Canada.

Why Jean Meslier matters

Max Fawcett searches for the prophet of atheism.

Letter from Sofia, Bulgaria, October, 2011

    When I travelled through eastern/south-eastern Europe in the 1980s – this would result in the book Bloodlines in 1993 -  I did not go to Bulgaria, quite deliberately. Among other things at the time, I was trying to situate my Slavic origins in Slavic histories in Europe, especially in those places as in [...]

19 questions with George Stanley

Vancouver poet George Stanley talks about his work, from “Tete Rouge” to “After Desire.”

Letter from Sofia, Bulgaria, September 30, 2011

Myrna Kostash files her second travel report, this time from Sofia, Bulgaria. The first report, from Serbia, is in the archive..

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