Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsPlaying with RefusalDivya Mehra at the MacKenzieBy Hagere Selam “shimby” Zegeye-GebrehiwotComposite from Ladder: Installation view, Divya Mehra: From India to Canada and Back to India (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot take away), 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo by Sarah Fuller. Image courtesy the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects. From Canada …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsMother TongueHands of Language reviewedBy Mehjabeen DatooHands for Language By Uma Menon 68 pp. Mawenzi House PublishersShare Article         …why would i love this writing      if it cost me      my people      my blood my songs      my memories my words     in another languageFull of images of language trapped, of tongues and mouths …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsFaith Connectsacts of faith reviewed by Rusaba AlamBy Rusaba AlamPictured: Natasha Mumba Set & Costume Design by Joanna Yu, Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay, Photo by Dahlia KatzShare Article[Content Warning: adult, sexual violence.]Natasha Mumba is brilliant as the title character of acts of faith, the impressive first offering from Factory’s Theatre’s 2020-2021 season of free digital …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsNew Cartographies: Power to the Young PeopleBy Ashley MarshallThree-Thirty Artists: Aaron Jones, Ebti Nabag, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Locations in Scarborough: Doris McCarthy Gallery; Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute, north façade; Malvern Public Library, south façade Curator: Anique Jordan October 3 to December 18, 2020Photos by Toni HafkensheidShare ArticleJamaican poet Kei Miller writes, “So every night while the mapmaker …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsTaking a Psychedelic TripShamik’s Gaali reviewedBy Sam DharmasenaGaali Music by Shamik Video directed and animated by Prithi Khalique.Still from Gaali. Music by Shamik. Video directed and animated by Prithi Khalique.Share ArticleIn Shamik’s latest release Gaali, the Vancouver-based producer and beat boxer revisits his mother tongue and pairs the sounds of his heritage with lush, electronic beats. Shamik …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsForeign Object in the House of Canadian LiteratureBy Annahid DashtgardShare ArticleSteam rises as water descends over jagged bits of ginger below. The mug is too hot to hold so I wrap my fingers around the handle and carry it over to our grey couch. As I lower myself into the cushiony softness, I feel a …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsOratory to the PageJillian Christmas’ the gospel of breaking reviewedBy Phinder DulaiShare Articlethe gospel of breaking Jillian Christmas Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020Jillian Christmas, known widely as an exceptional performance poet, has published her first full length poetry book – the gospel of breaking. She has brought the oratory to the page and yet the words …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsA Return of a New MedeaMyths of heroism and desire in Laiwan’s TenderBy Rebecca PengShare ArticleTender by Laiwan, Talonbooks, 2020The culmination of four decades of thought, Laiwan’s Tender collects poems written between 1986 and 2019. Ten of the poems are collected from artists books, magazines, and anthologies, but Tender also contains new work and several …

Vol. 7, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsInterrogating our conflation of authenticity with certaintyMercedes Eng’s my yt mama reviewedBy Rebecca Pengmy yt mama by Mercedes Eng Talonbooks, 2020Share ArticleDescribed as “one of the most studied and visionary writers in Canada today” by Griffin Poetry Prize-winner Billy-Ray Belcourt, Mercedes Eng has developed a body of work that is as personal as it is uncompromising. …

Vol. 7, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsLes Âmes SuspenduesTrois performances et un embodied talk de Soleil LaunièrePar Mathilde BenignusCrédit d’image: Hugo St-Laurent.Share ArticleC’est un temps suspendu que la performance nous propose. En l’espace-temps d’une semaine, l’artiste-performeuse Soleil Launière a présenté trois œuvres dans des espaces sensiblement différents à Montréal. L’esprit et l’âme se rejoignent dans « ATSHAK », nom donné …