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The Mite of Rite. By Eric Hill

The article, and the sign to a certain degree, made me wonder if I was a spelling stickler. I think I might be. I know that seeing the widespread misuse of the apostrophe on the majority of signs makes my stomach a little more acid. I know internet forums, beyond their racism and misogyny, make me want the digital equivalent of the red sharpie. But then I started wondering why. Why?

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Editor's Picks

On Art Criticism.» By Mireille Eagan

That’s Greenbergian Modernism. It believes in a definite hierarchy of bad, better, best. However, we are currently in the full throes of Post-Modernism—the era of equalization, where everyone prefaces a sentence with “I think” and ends with “but that’s just my opinion.” Art has become a far-reaching family of multi-media– it is piss in a jar, it is robots, it is seemingly everything.

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The Wind and the War» By Eric Hill

The central event is the fire that destroys a barn on a horse farm that brings out the volunteer fire department, including female firefighter Ursa Crain. Ursa is strong, capable woman… but a woman nonetheless in a male dominated field. Adding to her misery is her brother who works beside her, taunts her and gets special breaks despite being her trainee.

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We Have Given Our Hearts Away» By Dawn-Aeron Wason

So who am I, then, to write a book about my life? Am I a nobody? Am I a Somebody, therefore deserving of attention from my fellow human beings? What would make me deserving of this? Or anyone? What value is one life, compared to another? I say there is no comparing for value: each and every life is precious, sacred, and fascinating. Every story is worthy of the shaping, the telling, and the listening. Yes, every single one.

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Recommended Reads

In the West» By Naomi K. Lewis

This summer, as I prepared to leave Edmonton for my new life in Calgary, I was invited to join a group of writers who meet to exchange work and encourage each other. I’d met one of them, Mar’ce Merrell, at the Banff Writer’s Studio in May. Meeting with Mar’ce, June Smith-Jeffries, Debby Waldman, and Caterina Edwards just a couple of times has been wonderfully encouraging for me, since they are all published writers and are all writing more books - several at the same time in some cases. Their company came just as I was feeling paralyzed, writing-wise, by the publication of my first book this spring.

On Writing

Write On!» By Andrew Titus

Writing, like hardcore meditation or preparing for a marathon run, is tough as nails. It requires all of your faculties, taxes every nerve in your body, forces you to stay awake, curbs your appetite, and demands your full attention. Anyone who says that writing is easy just simply isn’t doing it right, or they’re super effin’ human, in which case they, like Spiderman or Wonderwoman, don’t count, being too much for the rest of us mere mortals.

Happenings

November’s goings on.» By Eric Hill

AUTHOR ANNE SIMPSON AND POET DON MCKAY TO READ AT UNB SAINT JOHN