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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Ecopoetics in the Era of Climate Crisis: Writing (Building) New Worlds // Jesse Holth
Guest editor Jesse Holth writes on using ecopoetics to conceive of building a better world as she closes out a month exploring ecopoetics. -
Situating Racialized Ecopoetics: Memory, Geography & Community // Sanna Wani
Sanna Wani writes on recognizing and claiming ecopoetics, and the place of memory, geography, and community within it, in this guest-edited month. -
Poetry & Protest: On Looking and Moving Forward // Ellen Chang-Richardson
Ellen Chang-Richardson writes about using the power of writing to incite action in this guest edited month looking at ecopoetics. -
A Failure of Words: Climate Anxiety, Poetry, and the Internet // Farah Ghafoor
“Climate anxiety comes from personal inactivity,” argues Farah Ghafoor, in her contribution to our guest edited month exploring ecopoetics. -
Poetry & Resilience: Lung, Muscle, Archive, Beautiful Cell // Kim Trainor
As part of our guest edited month, author Kim Trainor ruminates on ecopoetics as society navigates the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Writing Isn’t Enough: Working Toward Climate Justice // Claire Caldwell
In her contribution to our month exploring ecopoetics, Claire Caldwell discusses some of the inspirations and themes in her collection Gold Rush. -
Decolonizing the Apocalypse through Etuaptmumk // Tiffany Morris
Tiffany Morris writes about turning our witness to etuaptmumk as a means of conceiving of the future in our guest edited month exploring Ecopoetics. -
Ecopoetics in the Era of Climate Crisis: Writing Ecological Destruction (and Recovery) // Jesse Holth
Entering National Poetry Month and Earth Month, Jesse Holth leads us into her guest edited month of discussions on ecopoetics in the climate era. -
Roles and Functions of Criticism? Closing Remarks (and Eternal Questions) // Annick MacAskill
Guest editor Annick MacAskill contextualizes this month's look at review culture amidst a global crisis, and introduces further themes and questions to continue a dialogue on reviewing. -
The Bite // Adèle Barclay
Adèle Barclay ruminates on duty, obligation, diplomacy and joy in reviewing as part of our guest edited month, “Roles and Functions of Criticism: Comments on our Review Culture." -
The further adventures of rob mclennan, reviewer // rob mclennan
rob mclennan writes about the road he's travelled as a reviewer as part of As part of our guest edited month, “Roles and Functions of Criticism: Comments on our Review Culture.” -
Reviewing with Intention: Negotiating the Ethical Dilemma of a Balanced Review // Sanchari Sur
As part of our guest edited month, “Roles and Functions of Criticism: Comments on our Review Culture,”Sanchari Sur writes about “learning the art of speaking your mind.”