By Jeff Bursey I am a bad animal, a black, broken, and lousy animal. I pull my driver behind…
“Outgrowths and Trimmings”: The Short Fiction and Poetry of Sam Savage
By Jeff Bursey Sam Savage’s fiction is filled with characters that stand askew from life. They are outcasts, isolates,…
From Canada, with Despair
Pasha Malla, a Canadian writer, has put together some thoughts on the current state of how we speak about writing…
OCMS!
A few nights ago we had the chance to see Old Crow Medicine Show. This province isn’t a place that…
Island art
A fellow where I live named Kerras Jeffrey makes art out of whatever comes to hand.
On the latest set of rules for writing—Canadian version
I In Canada there are two national newspapers. One, The National Post, runs a section called Afterword. On 28 March…
On judging for literary prizes
Madeleine Thien, author of Dogs at the Perimeter, a novel, and other fiction titles, stated a few days ago what has…
The Next Best Thing… Jeff Bursey
So this has shown up here, but I took part in it in November when Rebecca Rosenblum, a Canadian short…