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"This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods, paying attention to the suburbs as both an imaginative and a material form. We are especially interested . . ."
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods, paying attention to the suburbs as both an imaginative and a material form. We are especially interested . . ."
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Check out original Canadian poetry by Suha Kudsieh, Tannaz Taghizadeh, Susan McCaslin, Padmaja Battani, Anna Veprinska, Joanne Epp, Jen Colclough, Derek Webster, Shyanne MacDonald, Ling Ge, Jeevan Bhagwat, and J. Iribarne, as well as book reviews by Neil Surkan and Alessandra Capperdoni.
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Check out original Canadian poetry by Suha Kudsieh, Tannaz Taghizadeh, Susan McCaslin, Padmaja Battani, Anna Veprinska, Joanne Epp, Jen Colclough, Derek Webster, Shyanne MacDonald, Ling Ge, Jeevan Bhagwat, and J. Iribarne, as well as book reviews by Neil Surkan and Alessandra Capperdoni.
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We are so thrilled to announce our newest issue of Canadian Literature, issue 258/259, on How to Be at Home in Canada: Placemaking in Indigenous, Diasporic, and Settler Texts! This special double issue is guest-edited by Heather Macfarlane, Sophie McCall, and Basmah Rahman.
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We are so thrilled to announce our newest issue of Canadian Literature, issue 258/259, on How to Be at Home in Canada: Placemaking in Indigenous, Diasporic, and Settler Texts! This special double issue is guest-edited by Heather Macfarlane, Sophie McCall, and Basmah Rahman.
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A reminder that the approaching submissions deadline for our Suburb Nation special issue is August 15th, 2025 (PT). See link in bio for the Call for Papers and submission guidelines!
June 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A reminder that the approaching submissions deadline for our Suburb Nation special issue is August 15th, 2025 (PT). See link in bio for the Call for Papers and submission guidelines!
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🖊✨Call for Papers! We are accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "Suburb Nation."
Submission Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025 (PT)
Submission Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025 (PT)
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🖊✨Call for Papers! We are accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "Suburb Nation."
Submission Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025 (PT)
Submission Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025 (PT)
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We are so thrilled to welcome our incoming Editor-in-Chief, Mary Chapman! Professor Chapman specializes in transnational American literatures; suffrage literature and activism; women’s poetry; periodicals; digital and public humanities; and Canadian literature.
July 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We are so thrilled to welcome our incoming Editor-in-Chief, Mary Chapman! Professor Chapman specializes in transnational American literatures; suffrage literature and activism; women’s poetry; periodicals; digital and public humanities; and Canadian literature.
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Carla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation
Former Librarian of Congress, fired by Trump, vows to improve public information in new Mellon role
Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost philanthropic supporter of the arts.
apnews.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Carla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation
Yikes.
Just what I wanted to read 14 days before flying out of Newark...
"'It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public... He just said that to me, and separately, 'Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.'"
www.rawstory.com/newark-airpo...
"'It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public... He just said that to me, and separately, 'Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.'"
www.rawstory.com/newark-airpo...
May 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Ed’s quite right. While many of us are breathing a sigh of relief today, I wouldn’t be too quick to wave the banner of victory. There are very dark forces at play here.
April 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ed’s quite right. While many of us are breathing a sigh of relief today, I wouldn’t be too quick to wave the banner of victory. There are very dark forces at play here.
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Headline says it all.
Florida man loses Canadian election
In a sharp rebuke to Trump and Elon Musk, Canada's Liberal Party held on to power.
www.motherjones.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Headline says it all.
Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.
April 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Last night a lone voice brought together hundreds of people in a time of intense pain, grief and sadness.
April 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Last night a lone voice brought together hundreds of people in a time of intense pain, grief and sadness.
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If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
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Umm, I don’t see this mentioned in any national news outlets… but the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, the site of MLK’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, burned down this morning. My sadness is immeasurable. www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-h...
WATCH: Historic Clayborn Temple Church goes up in flames after 130 years
WATCH: Historic Clayborn Temple Church goes up in flames after 130 years
www.fox13memphis.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Umm, I don’t see this mentioned in any national news outlets… but the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, the site of MLK’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, burned down this morning. My sadness is immeasurable. www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-h...
“even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy”
April 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so.
thegriffinlist.com
thegriffinlist.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so.
thegriffinlist.com
thegriffinlist.com
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A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.
Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
Mommy, the female tortoise, is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ species survival plan.
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April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.
Yes!
YES
Attn fellow Canadian writers/victims of AI theft, what if we did the same www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
April 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Yes!
Excited about this!
SO EXCITED to get my hands on this thing. Pre-order, Pre-order, Pre-order!
Elated to announce that my baby, "Realism after the Individual," has a stunning cover and is available for preorder! University of Chicago Press remains undefeated for making beautiful books.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Excited about this!
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Attention all Canadians living abroad: to say this is the most important election in Canada's modern history is an understatement. Make sure you are on the International Register of Electors so that you can vote. I received my postal ballot today! travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
March 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Attention all Canadians living abroad: to say this is the most important election in Canada's modern history is an understatement. Make sure you are on the International Register of Electors so that you can vote. I received my postal ballot today! travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
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NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
March 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
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PRIME MINISTER ANNE MURRAY
March 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
PRIME MINISTER ANNE MURRAY
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Science, folks. Science. This is wonderful news.
March 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Science, folks. Science. This is wonderful news.
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There are mosaic reproductions of William Blake’s Songs of I & E on London’s Centaur avenue near where circus founder Philip Astley built a house that Blake lived in.
March 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
There are mosaic reproductions of William Blake’s Songs of I & E on London’s Centaur avenue near where circus founder Philip Astley built a house that Blake lived in.