From the archives

Between Words

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

Sonnet L’Abbé

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Sam Solecki

Boredom as a Political Weapon

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

Tom Jokinen

Daughters

A poem.

Nancy Lee

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Nancy Lee

Nancy Lee is a creative writing professor at the University of British Columbia. She won the 2003 VanCity Book Prize for her debut novel, Dead Girls. This poem comes from What Hurts Going Down, forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart.

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