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Karen Press
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Mostly teach college writing and herd teenager. Four long-forgotten books of poetry including Types of Canadian Women (Gaspereau) and Exquisite Monsters (Turnstone). Originally Albertan, long time in Winnipeg.
Oh my goodness, that brought back memories! I had this album--my sister was living in northern Quebec at the time and gave it to me, otherwise I probably would never have heard it.
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm 50 and I still have stress nightmares about absentmindedly walking off with a button featuring the words "Go Fly a Kite" from a toy store when I was about 5.
August 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's really toeing! Expression has something to do with racer's foot and the starting line.
June 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Rode in an elevator with Shane MacGowan.
June 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well if we get the AI to do the reading too, problem solved I guess!
April 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One of the saddest things about all this is how it’s revealed what an incredibly low bar many people have for anything that resembles thinking.
April 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s also boring.
April 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Brielle Campbell examines the multiple barriers facing women and girls with disabilities in sports: workingdraftmagazine.com/breaking-the...
Mixed-gender teams aren’t as inclusive as they seem, especially at the Paralympic level. Alyssa White dreams of playing para hockey in the Paralympics for an official Canadian women’s team, but right now that team doesn’t exist.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Matthew Frank writes about what happens to wildfire evacuees from First Nations after the news cycle has moved on: workingdraftmagazine.com/after-the-sm...
Every year there are headlines about Manitoba First Nation communities evacuating from natural disasters. For communities, the story continues long after the news cycle has moved on.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Scott Maier interviews a man who has seen spirits for most of his life: workingdraftmagazine.com/when-they-ca...
Gary Baker spent his whole life keeping a secret. It was only after a heart attack and quintuple bypass surgery that he was forced to face the truth in broad daylight: he could see spirits.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just got the first for Adam; he reads Norwegian
March 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Noah van den Berg tells his personal story of being a GameStop investor: workingdraftmagazine.com/this-is-not-...
GameStop. Hedge Funds. Short selling. I am a GameStop investor — or an ape if you’re fun — and here’s how I’m taking down Wall Street.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Jenna Dyck reflects on her not-too-distant experience of losing parts of her childhood to her phone: workingdraftmagazine.com/the-price-of...
Like many of my peers, I got an Instagram account at age 10. What I encountered online went beyond likes and filters.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM