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.

• Interview with Literistic

  By Julienne Isaacs | June 24, 2015

  Julienne Isaacs interviews founders of Literistic and talks compensation in the culture industry, labour in labours of love, and the pain of submission fees

• Author Notes: Caitlin Scarano

  By Caitlin Scarano | June 22, 2015

  Puritan poet Caitlin Scarano discusses the nature of finitude, Freud's death drive, spirituality and their effects on her poetic practice.

• Thinking Publicly

  By Domenica Martinello | June 17, 2015

  Domenica Martinello writes about Lemon Hound's wide influence and how Kathryn Mockler, Natalie Zed, and Liz Howard already picked up its work

• Author Notes: Glen Armstrong

  By Glen Armstrong | June 15, 2015

  Puritan author Glen Armstrong on his poem, the music that he admires, Kenneth Koch, Lou Reed, Courtney Barnett, and writing tough poetry

• Cronyism and Canadian Review Culture

  By André Forget | June 12, 2015

  Puritan staffer André Forget interviews Mike Steeves about his novel, Giving Up, objectivity in Canadian reviews, and the debate between Malla and Keeler

• Author Notes: Jowita Bydlowska

  By Jowita Bydlowska | June 10, 2015

  Jowita Bydlowska discusses writing out her obsessions, feeling possessed in church, and imagining marriage with a halitotic spit-talker

• Two Books About Flowers

  By Jason Freure | June 8, 2015

  Jason Freure compares David McGimpsey’s Asbestos Heights to M Travis Lane’s Crossover, two books about flowers, referencing Beyoncé, Richard Strauss, death.

• Mad Max, Karen Solie, Outkast, and the State of the Planet

  By E Martin Nolan | June 5, 2015

  E Martin Nolan connects Mad Max: Fury Road to Karen Solie, lyrics by Outkast, and asks what myths can challenge capitalism's bootstraps in an eco-crisis

• Author Notes: Jenna Jarvis

  By Jenna Jarvis | June 3, 2015

  Puritan author Jenna Jarvis discusses “syndical not synecdochal,” reevaluates the PhD as a low-income worker, and imagines revenge via Thomas Morton prize

• Looking the Other Way

  By Spencer Gordon | May 29, 2015

  Spencer Gordon interviews Amber McMillan about first books, teaching at Humber, how to break a line, astrological signs, and moving to Protection Island, BC

• Timezone of Some Desperate Hour

  By Domenica Martinello | May 27, 2015

  Domenica Martinello unmaps Liz Howard’s Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, a decolonial feminist document.

• Interview with Nathan Dueck

  By Julienne Isaacs | May 25, 2015

  Julienne Isaacs interviews Nathan Dueck about The Real Ghostbusters, unreadable writing, Plautdietsch, humour in Mennonite writing, and unfunny jokes.