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General Criticism

Metcalf: A Counterblaste (or Italics Everywhere: A Cautionary Tale)
by Gordon Phinn

Space for Creating
by Susan Ioannou

The ‘Two Solitudes’ Illusion: Reflections on the role of Toronto in the nation's literary culture
by Shane Neilson

Public Hanging: The Death of the Book Review
by Shane Neilson

 

On Poetry

Poetry Readings - Stand Up and be Counted
by Tom Henihan

Comfort and Canadian Poetry
by Alex Boyd

Whither People’s Poetry? A report on the Controversy of Poets at the Junction Cafe (Hamilton, Ontario - June 1, 2002)
by Terry Barker

Beyond Bethune: Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s Recovery of the Trail to the True North
by Terry Barker

Solway the Sad Balladeer: an open letter to the (Unofficial) Laureate of ‘This Sucks’
by Shane Neilson

Against a League of Cowering Persons: Biased Gender Jurisprudence in the League of Canadian Poets
by Shane Neilson

Political Poetry and the Canadian Tradition
by Shane Neilson

 

On Fiction

Top 10 * 3 [Short Stories]

Wither the short story? (The resistance starts now)

Where are the short story collections? TDR investigates

How to write sex fiction (not erotica)
by Matthew Firth

Miscellaneous

TOP 10 CANADIAN SF&F WRITERS
Selected by Terence M. Green

THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT WORKS  by First Nations Authors (So Far)
According to Richard Van Camp

FAVORITE BOOKS: A dozen Montreal high school students reveal what and why

Teaching Canadian literature: In April 2002, the Canada Council published a report on the state of English-language Canadian literature in high schools. The results were not encouraging. Read responses to this report

In Remembrance

Remembering Hubert Selby Jr.
by Matthew Firth

An Approach to the Work of Ted Plantos
by Terry Barker

Writers tell TDR what they find grand or ghastly about the work of Mordecai Richler

Terry Barker talks to James Deahl about Al Purdy: Canada's 'Voice of the Land'

 

 

 

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