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Dangerous Grounds

Coming soon to a democracy near you

The Collapse of Syria

The story of a nation’s unravelling, one neighbourhood at a time

Trompe Le Toil

The modern conundrum of overwork

Marsha Barber

Marsha Barber is the author of two poetry books: What Is the Sound of Someone Unravelling (Borealis Press, 2011) and All the Lovely Broken People (Borealis Press, 2015). She has won several first-place awards from The Ontario Poetry Society and been shortlisted for the international Bridport Prize for poetry and longlisted for the national ReLit Award. Marsha’s work has been published in a wide range of periodicals including The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, The Walrus and The Prairie Journal.

Articles by
Marsha Barber

  I cradle the phone gently. You are so far away.   Your grief surrounds you now like a moat full of dark water.   I cannot reach far enough to comfort you.   My words flit around, useless as flies. What, after all, can be said?   It’s a parent’s worst nightmare, you say.…