Readings

The author of Von Spatz on the relationship between creativity and mental health, deer-drawing and Disney, and the allure of American landscapes. 

He gave his life to the Russian Orthodox Church. It didn’t deserve to lay claim to him in death, too.

The author of Look Alive Out There on neighbours, Generation X, and pot-smoking hippies in Northern California. 

After the deaths of Colten Boushie, Tina Fontaine, and so many others, Canadian society seems much more convinced about what didn't cause them than what did.

The author of The Recovering on archival addiction narratives, excavating how things get better, and sugar. 

I’d returned to Puerto Rico to drink, yes, but more than that, to see how much—and how little—Hurricane Maria had changed things.

As the actress sped around Rome wearing her makeup from the film Cleopatra, women everywhere embraced a bold look with a complicated history. 

The reality of life in Canadian prisons, while improving, has been stark for many years. One figure, the prison chaplain, strives to humanize what can be a dehumanizing experience. 

Children like me, whose parents suffer from mental health issues, often become invisible ourselves.