Calabrese Moon
Some dreams are meant to come true. I am living proof. My teenage years were not the…
June 2020
A Letter to Mike, the Angsty Squirrel I See on My Porch Sometimes
Dear Mike, Did you know that if you lie very still, and very flat, and make sure not to…
On Meeting Irving Layton
In the early seventies, Irving Layton came to our High School in Montreal-North upon the…
The Artist and the Assassin
The year is 1596. The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio has recently come to Rome…
In These Distressing Times…
In January 2020, during the early planning of our Special Spring Print Issue, where this…
Soul Mate
The intravenous drips, whispering life back into you with its moist breath. Coaxing you…
The Elderly Woman on the Bus
The elderly woman on the bus sitting beside her husband looks like my grandmother: her…
Silvia Vecchini on Translation and Her Graphic Novel: The Red Zone
In The Red Zone: An Earthquake Story (Amulet Books, 2019), graphic novelist Silvia…