Poetry

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.

Reading Dionne Brand's 2001 memoir-travelogue A Map to the Door of No Return gives pause for reflection on being a neighbour in the city.

As Michael Ondaatje's poem "Elimination Dance" proves, making lists can be a serious business. Done right, a list can be read as a kind of accidental poetry and a user's manual to life.

Notes on a reclusive father inspired by the poetry of Don McKay.

A consideration of what it means to be "clothing neutral," or dressing to be invisible, leads to the poetry of Sonnet L'Abbé and the realization that so many dress codes have one thing in common—a fear of the female ass.

Antigonick—poet Anne Carson's version of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone—may provide lessons for disheartened Torontonians.