Inside Issue 100: An Occasion for Celebration

On Poems & Occasions

Amanda Jernigan
Yes, Honey, I can See You

Nick Blatchford
Songs, Addresses, Toasts, & Crumpets

The Ongoing
Occasional poems by Mike Barnes, Stephanie Bolster, Steven Heighton, Marius Kociejowski, George Murray, Erin Noteboom, Eric Ormsby, P.K. Page, Alison Pick, Robyn Sarah, Norm Sibum, & Carmine Starnino.

Peter Sanger
Grace Notes: Some Notes on Poems of Occasion
10 Poems

On Writing, Reading, & Editing

Robyn Sarah
Abandonment and After: On Editing Poetry

Nicole Dixon
Off to Town: A Statement of Poetics

Word & Image

Isabella Stefanescu
The Naked Truth: Reflections on the history, personal and public, of artists' journals and notebooks

56 Most Loved Living Canadian Writers

The Results of our Readers' Choice Contest
So much for a top 25 to celebrate our 25th! You sang the praises of no fewer than 56 of your most loved living Canadian writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, & music.

Kim Jernigan
There's Beloved and there's most beloved. . .
Introducing our Most Loved Living Canadian Writers

The List
We were so pleased with what our readers wrote in, we printed your notes about your favourite writers alongside the fun stuff our (thrilled, flattered, and sometimes bemused) writers sent to us in return---you'll find Caroline Adderson's fifth grade fiction debut , a wedding photo from Michael Crummey, Terry Griggs' favourite piece of fan mail, a shot of Diane Schoemperlen's writing shed...and much more!

Metaphors to Describe the Act of Writing

We couldn't pass up the chance to ask this great company of writers how they would describe what it is they do, and we found their answers---some poetic, some funny, some cryptic, some downright chilling---all unpredictable and fascinating.

Our Most Loved Writers in (Virtual) Conversation

The List Goes On

In addition to answering questions and sending in fun bits of memorabilia, many of your most loved writers also sent us new work---much more than we could possibly fit into this issue. In upcoming issues under the heading 'The List Goes On' you will find a novella from Annabel Lyon, novel excerpts from Elisabeth Harvor and John Steffler, and much more. In this issue you will find:

Patrick Lane
Under the Sun in the Dry, Desert Hills Where the Rain Never Falls in August
Hope and Love
Lookout

Mary Borsky
People Like Us

Sharon McCartney
Against Retrospection
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Nellie Oleson