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Papa Pancho

Reforms, contradictions, and the Church

All Over the Map

In riding politics, the only common factor seems to be idiosyncrasy

This Dear Green Place

Our latest last best hope

Sam White

Sam White is a researcher and copywriter in Toronto. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Toronto’s creative writing program.

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Shroom, Shroom

Jean Marc Ah‑Sen’s literary romp January | February 2025
There’s a cliché that the writing life is solitary, spent in a lonely garret but in contact with a higher source of inspiration. With Kilworthy Tanner, Jean Marc Ah‑Sen takes aim at this notion with the reckless abandon of a hardcore band. In chronicling the loves, estrangements, and pharmacological adventures of the “Translassitude Movement,” a fictional Toronto literary scene in the early…

A Tale of One City

Maxime Raymond Bock’s ode to Montreal September 2024
Maxime Raymond Bock animates Morel with a time-tested literary premise: That even seemingly unremarkable human lives are worthy of examination. That such examination, when conducted with empathy, specificity, and a generosity of spirit, may yield truths about yearning, regret, and redemption — in other words, the big questions. Published in French in 2021 and recently translated into English by Melissa…