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Behind the Lines

Two depictions of the Great War

Rocket Men

It’s going to be a long, long time

When Suppertime Came

We still don’t know why the Fitzgerald went down

Byron Armstrong

Byron Armstrong earned a Canadian Ethnic Media Award in 2022. He lives in Toronto.

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Stormy Weather

H. Nigel Thomas on family and place April 2025
Sometimes a story’s setting is its most powerful character. This is true of the Caribbean in H. Nigel Thomas’s A Different Hurricane. In it, golden sands and sparkling waters provide a backdrop for a society strained by prejudice and the lingering effects of colonization. The titular tempest is cultural; the storm is one of social unrest and…