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Lay It Down

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Out Around the Bay

When Wanda bought the house, she didn’t imagine that anyone in the community would recognize that she and Lynn were queer.

Jailbird Bookworms

Hazlitt talks with former prison librarian Avi Steinberg—author of Running the Books—about the necessity of communication, the future of libraries, and helping inmates find their own voice.

Latches of Being: A User's Guide to Anne Carson

Anne Carson is the closest Canada comes to having a celebrity poet, or a celebrity classicist for that matter. But she probably remains better known than read. In an effort to correct such, Hazlitt presents this handy Carson how-to guide—from where to start to what to watch for.

The Crazy Drama of Physics

Understanding physics is like catching up with a soap opera: very complicated. Thankfully, there are trailers to keep us up to date.

Africa is People

Chinua Achebe, Nelson Mandela said, "brought Africa to the rest of the world." Poet Jackie Kay called him "the grandfather of African fiction." In commemoration of Achebe, who has died at the age of 82, we publish his essay "Africa is People," from his 2010 collection, The Education of a British-Protected Child.