The Town Crier
The Town Crier operated as a hub for criticism and commentary, connecting a community of writers, readers, and commentators through social media, and focusing on the interplay of literary opinion in and around the city of Toronto until its closure in February 2021.
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Interview with A. Zachary
Aaron Boothby interviews The Puritan's A. Zachary to discuss their first book, "The End, by Anna," with references to Marina Abramović's "512 Hours.” -
Literature Without a Face: A Review of Stephen Thomas’ The Jokes
Angus MacCaull reviews Stephen Thomas' "The Jokes" and discusses faceless literature, with references to Sven Birkerts and Daniel José Older. -
Ghost Stories Call Out
Aurora Stewart de Peña and The Town Crier are looking for ghost stories for October. Submissions are open until August 31st, 2017. -
Author Note: Nathan Mader
Nathan Mader discusses the making of his poem “The Saturn and Sphinx Moths of the Upper Midwest,” published in The Puritan Issue 36, Winter 2017. -
Hot and Bothered: Or, How I Fell In and Out of Love With Poetic Conceptualism
Kate Siklosi concludes Andy Verboom's month-long guest series on conscientious conceptualism with a discussion of "Poetic Terrorism." -
“Seeing Splits” and Writing “Humanness”: Questions for Doyali Islam on Concept, Form, and Process
E Martin Nolan and Doyali Islam discuss parallel poems and Islam's process in creating "- 35th parallel -," which won CV2's 35th Anniversary Contest. -
Conceptualism in the Resistance
Jacqueline Valencia discusses cultural appropriation in conceptual poetry, decolonization, and radical empathy, with references to Kenneth Goldsmith. -
Speaking of “Lyric Conceptualism”: Space, Time, and the Travelling "I"
Kevin Shaw and Andy Verboom discuss lyric conceptualism and Sina Queyras’s “Lyric Conceptualism, A Manifesto in Progress.” -
White and Conceptual
John Nyman discusses white conceptualism, with references to Brian Kim Stefans, Kenneth Goldsmith, Cathy Park Hong, and Jordan Abel. -
Waiting for Good: Transgression, Down-shouting, and Ethical Readership
Shane Neilson discusses transgressive texts and ethics, with references to Kenneth Goldsmith, the Marquis de Sade, D.H. Lawrence, and Lynn Crosbie. -
“Responsibility to the Word” et al.: Four Lessons Derek Walcott Didn’t Mean to Teach Me about Conceptualism
Guest editor Andy Verboom continues his discussion of conscientious conceptualism for the month, with references to Formalism and Derek Walcott. -
Writing (About) Other People: Notional Ekphrasis and Parafiction in the Hospital Gift Shop
Trevor Abes discusses notional ekphrasis, parafiction, conceptual art, and his book project, with references to Robert Rauschenberg.
