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.

• Translating the Textual Body: Notes on Remixing Erín Moure

  By Joel Katelnikoff | April 12, 2017

  Joel Katelnikoff discusses his development of the concept of Recombinant Theory, with references to Erín Moure and her works.

• Reflections on Opening Day in Toronto

  By E Martin Nolan | April 11, 2017

  E Martin Nolan, Stacey May Fowles, David James Brock, and Andrew Forbes talk about their relationship to opening day as the Blue Jays opens their season

• Ethics in Constraint: Liberation and Determinism in the Misheard Lyric

  By David Huebert and Andy Verboom | April 10, 2017

  David Huebert and Andy Verboom discuss misheard lyrics, the process of mondegreening, and their chapbook, "Full Mondegreens."

• Conscientious Collaboration: Some Scenarios

  By Geoffrey Morrison and Matthew Jack | April 7, 2017

  Geoffrey Morrison and Matthew Jack contemplate conscientious collaboration, with references to Japanese renga and "Highlights for Children."

• Conceptual Tools for Human Poems

  By Daniel Cowper | April 5, 2017

  Daniel Cowper discusses conceptual poetry and its tools, with references to Craig Dworkin, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Dadaism.

• Poetry Could Be Bullshit: From Scatology to Conscientiousness

  By Andy Verboom | April 3, 2017

  Guest editor Andy Verboom introduces his discussion of conscientious conceptualism for the month, with references to Carrie Lambert-Beatty’s “parafiction.”

• Announcing Morton VI: The Puritan Writing Contest

  By The Puritan | April 2, 2017

  The Puritan announces the Morton VI writing contest, judged by Heather O'Neill and Suzanne Buffam. Cash prizes of $1,0000 and $200. Submit before Sept. 30th

• Where We Must Go from Here: Writing as Righting

  By Natalie Wee | March 31, 2017

  Natalie Wee concludes her month-long guest series on creating in a post-truth era, with references to Walter D. Mignolo, Wole Soyinka, and Johannes Fabian.

• Speaking Truth to Power in the Post-Truth Era

  By Kai Cheng Thom | March 29, 2017

  Kai Cheng Thom discusses false narratives, wicked storytellers, and the true responsibility of the storyteller, with references to d’bi.young anitafrika.

• Author Note: Audrey Gradzewicz

  By Audrey Gradzewicz | March 27, 2017

  Audrey Gradzewicz discusses survival, self-love, and the composition of her poem published in The Puritan Issue 36, Winter 2017.

• Whose Truth Are We “Post-”?

  By Sonnet L’Abbé | March 24, 2017

  Sonnet L’Abbé asks whose truth we are "post-" in a post-truth era, with references to Seamus Heaney, Federico García Lorca, and Anna Akhmatova.

• Truth in Slant

  By Anna Yin | March 22, 2017

  Anna Yin discusses truth, propaganda, and her poetry, with references to Emily Dickinson, Madeleine Thien, John Ciardi, and Gwendolyn MacEwen.