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Anyone who has ever been swimming in Bouctouche will agree that jellyfish are an invasive species. […]
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The first woman to be published in Acadia in 1980 with her collection Graines de Fées, the first book published by Éditions Perce-Neige, poet and painter Dyane Léger is a key figure on the Acadian cultural scene. Although we’ve long appreciated each other from afar, this meeting in the comfort of her dining room in Notre-Dame is the first more in-depth exchange between us. This is undoubtedly because Mayday, his latest work, published in autumn 2023 by Éditions Prise de parole, is his first publication since L’incendiaire in 2008, 3 years before my arrival in books. For the occasion, we’re accompanied by Nova, Dyane’s son’s convalescing dog. A portrait in two parts. […]
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Paul Bossé was the first poet I knew growing up that I came across alive. He’s also the only one I know of to have autographed a book I’d written (he was asked to do so, and he obliged, much to the dismay of the reader who later realized her blunder). […]
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The first thing that welcomed me as I stepped into Drew’s home was the sweet earthy scent of rose and patchouli. I learned Drew is a perfumer as well as a writer. […]
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Six writers, six books and six reasons to read. Last year at the Frye Festival, immersed in a swirl of french and english, Mélikah Abdelmoumen quoted James Baldwin who wrote, “You think your pain and heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” The words hit home and rand true. […]
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While reading More Sure, a collection of poems by A. Light Zachary (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023), an unamed feeeling revealed itself. I’m not certain what it is, where it came from, or why it emerged, but it’s something that has pulled me closer to and away from myself, to and from home, and it’s been ripping me apart. […]
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Tourniquet is an Arts & Culture Magazine that documents past, present, and future. Here are the texts, articles and documents from its fourth issue (2024). […]
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