Excerpt from Uncertain Weights and Measures by Jocelyn Parr. Published by Goose Lane in 2017.

Excerpt from Kaie Kellough's "ode to Montréal" Accordéon.

Excerpt from The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth by Munirah MacLean.

Excerpt from I Don’t Want to Know Anyone Too Well by Norman Levine.

Living at tom's house, drinking Grand Marnier and grating his teeth at night.

Short stories from "I Never Talk About It" by Véronique Côté and Steve Gagnon.

Suspense at airport stopover. I walk back and forth to exercise. Cannot find a Timmies. Wonder what country I am in. Just Toronto.

"Me and fourteen other girls. After months, years, of sawdust/ and ground acorn coffee, rancid margarine and biscuits/ that required a chisel, it almost seemed a gift."

Pamela Newton offers a daily peek into the vast history of the charming East Coast island.

Jacinda Mack explains how she recaptioned photographs taken by European settlers in Bella Coola in the 1920s.

Some four hundred people have jumped off the Bloor Street Viaduct since it was built in 1919, or roughly one every three weeks—if you're keeping ghoulish score.

From the essay "Lonely Man", Foncie took three photos of a man named Osvaldo during the 1950s.

Priscila Uppal tries the cashew juice but refuses the hot-dogs when she visits her runaway mother in Brazil.

A selection of letters from "A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout", edited by Marilyn R. Schuster.

From "Come Cold River," a collection of poetry revealing critical insights about her family and Canada.

Cobwebs and evergreens are what remains at the family cabin.

A soldier is shot and a preacher's wife abandons her virtue in narratives that blend fact and fiction.

Three young boys enjoy a carefree day at the beach.

Entries from the index of "An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth" by Chris Hadfield, a memoir of his service as Commander of the International Space Station.

A childhood memory of crispy golden fries made during a thunderstorm.

A young man visits his first strip club, an awkward experience fueled by alcohol.

The imperialist dream: generations of offspring and a machine gun in every window.

Priests lie in the road, women kiss paintings and hostages crack jokes.