One day a framed photograph of a bespectacled guy with a big goofy grin appeared in the little guitar shop where I loitered after school. The man in the photo held a guitar, recently purchased at that very shop, and the shop owner—a patient guy with floppy hair and an 1980s squirrel-tail moustache—posed beside him,…
Mark D. Dunn
Mark D. Dunn, a musician and poet, teaches writing and music history at Sault College. His most recent book is Fancy Clapping (Scrivener Press, 2012).
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Mark D. Dunn
Don't Stop The Music
Two books examine the subversive interface between music and politics. November 2004A Tattered Canadian Hero
Two more books that try to illuminate "the godfather of grunge" November 2005The Chaos of Creativity
An exhaustive journey through the soul of a great musician January–February 2013
Like Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, Neil Young has become “unstuck in time.” In his long-awaited memoir, Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream, Young is transported, seemingly at random, through significant moments of his life. The recollections, although tangential, are rooted in the moment by Young’s concerns at the time of writing: his toy…
Canadians in the Spotlight
Joni, Leonard, Gordon, Robbie—they’re all here in this well-crafted tribute. October 2009The Drought Farmer Doubts His Guidance Counsellor's Advice
July–August 2009
He might have given too much had the crow at dawn not reminded that saving a little for the next day is how it’s always been done. He held back. Held back when seed casings withered to let the real stuff out. The sun clamped the sprout heads, forceps drawing matter into bright vacuum. He held back when letters came from the…