Uncommon Ground: A Celebration of Matt Cohen

Describing himself as “a self-hating Jew from Ottawa,” Matt Cohen lived a writing life governed by anomaly, paradox, and contradiction. In short, he was a true Canadian. Always the outsider, Cohen was a highly professional ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Fuelling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything

By Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon, eds.

The idea for this book emerged from a late-night booze-up between its editors – Evan Solomon and Andrew Heintzman, the once-young Turks who brought us Shift magazine – and their pointy-headed friends. Unlike many alcohol-abetted ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney’s Café and Other Non-Globalized Places, People and Ideas

By Brian Fawcett

Registering your online vote for the latest round of Canadian Idol or being able to confidently choose among 48 different kinds of extra virgin olive oil should not be mistaken for exercising one’s democratic duty. ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Journeyman: Travels of a Writer

By Timothy Findley, William Whitehead, ed.

Journeyman showcases many of the qualities that have come to define Timothy Findley’s presence on Canada’s national literary stage. In this collection of articles, speeches, and journal entries that he began compiling years before his ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

★ Mental Hygiene: Essays on Writers and Writing

By Ray Robertson

Ray Robertson is a novelist (best known for his long goodbye to the 1960s, Moody Food), teacher at the University of Toronto, book reviewer, TV pundit, and, most importantly, a perceptive, light-on-his-feet heavyweight critic and ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Canoe: A Living Tradition

By John Jennings

History is often told as a chess game or battle of wills between great leaders, but as intellectuals such as Marshall McLuhan and Ursula Franklin have demonstrated, societies are more likely to be transformed by ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Character Parts: Who’s Really Who in Canlit

By Brian Busby

The sour scent of wasted opportunity clings to the pages of Character Parts. The book proceeds from a tremendously appealing premise: an exposé of the real-life role models for various Canadian authors’ fictional creations. But ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Searching for Michael Jackson’s Nose, and Other Preoccupations of Our Celebrity-mad Culture

By Scott Feschuk

Scott Feschuk can best be described as a Canadian enthusiast of American television. He has been amusing readers of the National Post with his wry column devoted to pop culture musings. Searching for Michael Jackson’s ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

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