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Country Music

Please stand and remove your cynicism

Bountiful Diversity

A leading Québécois scholar’s appreciative look at Canada’s biggest province

Rinkside Reading

What does hockey’s literature say about the sport?

Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth is a film critic in Montreal.

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Kevin Jagernauth

Costs of Living

Unique spins on bad bargains March 2025
As the saying goes, the devil is in the details. This aphorism reveals its many sides in Dead Writers, a collaborative project of four novellas by Jean Marc Ah‑Sen, Michael LaPointe, Cassidy McFadzean, and Naben Ruthnum. Each author puts a unique spin on the concept of the bargain. The result is a collection of intimately told stories in which characters wrestle with seemingly innocent deals and the ethical and emotional fallouts that…

Island Time

Pasha Malla’s intricate moral fable November 2024
In the near-future setting of All You Can Kill, humanity continues to face timeless and familiar problems. People search for love, guidance, acceptance, someone to follow, and spaces where their beliefs can be validated. Despite technological and social advances, they look for answers to these existential concerns in all the wrong…