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Oxygen

What’s happening in Vancouver? The availability of high-grade espresso may be responsible, but the city’s newest fiction writers are certainly subverting the regional stereotype of West Coast mellow. The past couple of years have seen ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Pull Gently, Tear Here

By Alexandra Leggat

The motives that compel a writer to create very short fiction are various, but whatever the reason for a story’s length, one rule remains constant: the fewer the words, the more crucial each one becomes. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

the tapeworm foundry, or the dangerous prevalence of imagination

By Darren Wershler-Henry

This second work of poetry from Darren Wershler-Henry – Internet guidebook author, online press editor, electronic copyright advocate, and full-time polymath – is less a long poem than a satire on the poetic process. The ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Thin Smoke of the Heart

By Tim Bowling

It’s clear from reading Tim Bowling’s third collection, The Thin Smoke of the Heart, that he is a poet of rare talent. His wording is musical. His rhythms are subtle but unfaltering. He turns a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Wireless Room

By Shane Rhodes

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Missing News: Filters and Blind Spots in Canada’s Press

By Robert A. Hackett and Richard Gruneau,with Donald Gutstein, Timothy A. Gibson and Newswatch Canada

The media is a lot like the weather: everyone complains about it, but few understand how it works. Into the breach comes Newswatch Canada, inspired by U.S. Project Censored. Both groups tally significant news stories ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

By John Colapinto

In the stories of the Brothers Grimm, children are cautioned not to stray into the forest, lest they be gobbled up by wolves or transformed by witches. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Quality of Work: A People-centred Agenda

By Graham Lowe

Work is just another four-letter word, the cynics say. Certainly, Canadians talk about it all the time – either struggling under the weight of too much of it or desperate about the lack of it. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Virus Within: A Coming Epidemic

By Nicholas Regush

Nicholas Regush is an award-winning science journalist at ABC News and author of The Breaking Point: Understanding Your Potential for Violence. In The Virus Within, he looks at a deadly, little-known virus that may be ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World

By Merrily Weisbord and Kim Kachanoff

The history of mankind’s relationship with dogs has largely been that of master and domesticated servant, with working dogs performing tasks that capitalize on their natural strengths and instincts. Recently, this relationship has shifted to ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

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Oxygen

Pull Gently, Tear Here

the tapeworm foundry, or the dangerous prevalence of imagination

The Thin Smoke of the Heart

The Wireless Room

The Missing News: Filters and Blind Spots in Canada’s Press

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

The Quality of Work: A People-centred Agenda

The Virus Within: A Coming Epidemic

Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World

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