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Between Words

Anne Carson’s new book-without-a-spine, and the spiritual experience of centrelessness

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Boredom as a Political Weapon

Saul Bellow fought banality—and taught us to look hard at the world

Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor has published four poetry collections, most recently Strangers.

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Rob Taylor

A Different Rhythm

Editing against the clock April 2020
I finished the final draft of my introduction to Best Canadian Poetry 2019 and my daughter was born. In that order, barely. Two days prior, as I was fumbling to summarize a year’s worth of poetry in 1,500 words, my wife’s Braxton Hicks contractions had us packing for the hospital. I clacked keys to near…