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Next Door Café: The Poem

A poem "with cautious, slightly energy-sapped enjambments" recreates a bar's atmosphere and patrons. more »

Mar 28, 2013 by in Poetry (1 Comments)

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Next Door Café: A Poet's Musings

Reflections on how a bar in Parc Extension, QC, influenced an eponymous poem about "unprogress, inertia, the failure to learn from mistakes." more »

Mar 27, 2013 by in Columns

The Great Wall of Montreal

The chain-link fence along boulevard de l’Acadie— two metres high, with “appropriate hedge”—separates one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Montreal from one of the poorest. more »

Nov 21, 2011 by in Essays (14 Comments)

How I (Finally) Met Leonard Cohen

On a rainy night in October 1970, I crossed paths with Canada's most elusive poet. more »

Nov 22, 2010 by in Essays (10 Comments)