Feb 27, 2020
'The Imperilled Ocean' makes climate change all about us
Daniel Aureliano Newman
Laura Trethewey's lively book pitches human-scale stories as portals into world-sized issues, but the stories don't cohere.
Nonfiction
Feb 13, 2020
Mothering in the Black Lives Matter movement
Silvia Argentina Arauz
In this excerpt from a new collection on Black Lives Matter in Canada, Silvia Argentina Arauz reflects on being a mother in an activist movement.
Feb 6, 2020
Canadian indies on what to read in 2020
Christina Turner
What should you read this year? We asked staff members at six independent Canadian bookstores which upcoming releases they were most excited about.
Jan 30, 2020
New book fights neoliberal consensus on climate change
Sophia Reuss
"A Planet to Win" argues that the activist left must popularize a new moral and political calculus, one aimed at building a world where all people can live a good life.
Jan 23, 2020
Maria Campbell on the new edition of her memoir 'Halfbreed'
Jenny Ferguson
New edition includes episode cut from 1973 book about Campbell's assault by RCMP officers at the age of 14.
Jan 16, 2020
Opting out of 'digital serfdom'
Cristina D'Amico
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter extract their users' labour for profit. The solution, says author Richard Seymour in his new book, is a social industry strike.
Dec 12, 2019
The break-in at Praxis Corporation
Paul Weinberg
In December of 1970, the offices of anti-poverty organization Praxis Corporation were broken into and set on fire. Who was responsible?
Dec 6, 2019
The 'Feminist City' should be built for and by women
Allison Smith
Leslie Kern's latest book, "Feminist City: A Field Guide," is an introductory text on the female urban experience.
Nov 28, 2019
New memoir traces how trauma lives on in our bodies
Margeaux Feldman
Carmen Maria Machado's new memoir, "In The Dream House," mirrors the way that trauma fragments our existence and depicts its afterlife in our bodies.
Nov 21, 2019
'Poetry from the Future' won't solve Europe's crises
Raluca Bejan
New book promises bold new vision for leftist politics but fails to deliver.
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