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I May Destroy You is Stunning

BY NYALA V. ALI “What’s here… becomes rather… abstract… Where does it go?” stammers a confused publishing agent, in response to a book draft by Arabella, the protagonist of Michaela … Read More

Burning Sugar Tastes Sweet

BY EVELYN C. WHITE As a former resident of Salt Spring Island, I was immediately drawn to a poem of the same title in Cicely Belle Blain’s engaging debut collection … Read More

Take a Time Love Journey

“Take it easy, take it slow/ We’ve got so far to go.” Nigerian-Canadian musician Sadé Awele begins her EP Time Love Journey with this mantra. It’s a fitting opening to … Read More

Grip Mikella Nicol’s novel, Aphelia, in your fists and twist hard.

Then, expect lots of sweat, some drops of blood and swelling in the aftermath. Lesley Trites wrings out an English translation of Mikella’s novel in spare, direct prose that leaves … Read More

British Rap Artist M.I.A. Riffs on her Tamil Roots

Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, also known as M.I.A., is a British rap artist who creates sounds that cross hip hop with dance hall, jungle and world music. The daughter of a … Read More