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Essays on the Common and Extraordinary

Book Reviews

Tags: Book review, essays, grief, nature, Tim Bowling

July 4, 2022

Blowing the Whistle

Speaking up must be protected.

Tags: Alberta, column, Graham thomson, whistleblowers

A child of mysterious provenance is born with supernatural powers. He has “followers” that he loves unconditionally. He provides his followers passage—shepherds them, if you will—from the earthly sphere into death. This messianic oddity is outcast, worshiped as a healer by some and scorned by others as heretical. You can probably see where this metaphor is […]

Book Reviews

Tags: Alberta author, Book review, Chris Kelly, fiction, magical realism

Flying Ant Buffet

In praise of dead trees.

Tags: Alberta, column, environment, Kevin Van Tighem

After the Golden Era

Who will save Alberta’s lakes?

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Environment, environment, lake monitoring, Wabamun Lake

Ezra’s Ghosts

After the terror attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., we saw novels influenced by that tragedy. Darcy Tamayose’s latest book may not be arriving with the same fanfare as the 9/11-influenced works by DeLillo, Messud or Auster, but like those authors she successfully captures the intimate, felt experience of a world-changing event. While only […]

Tags: Book review, Darcy Tamayose, fiction, grief, hope, Memory, pandemic

Fast Commute

What happens when the entire landscape becomes a sacrifice zone? Or when we have so successfully insulated ourselves from the natural world around us that we actually believe we’re separate and above it? What does it say about us when every other species of life has been reduced to either décor or enemy? And what happens […]