M Train by Patti Smith
October 9, 2015
There isn’t anyone really quite like Patti Smith out there. As a musician, she’s almost without peer: by the sheer power of her ambition and ability, she was one of the few women to rise…
Why read a book of music criticism? It depends. You could be interested in a particular essay or review. Maybe you’re researching a band or period of music. Maybe you’re just a music nerd. But…
A Safe Girl To Love
August 14, 2015
Back in the day, I read McSweeneys all the time. Not just the features or short stories, but even the web-only stuff, like their annual column contest. It’s been years since I even visited the…
FanExpo 2010: Recap
September 10, 2011
Friday: 6:45 pm: The Expo officially opens Friday evening at 4pm, but knowing that I’d be there all weekend, I end up heading downtown late. The commute downtown is not so bad, and my arrival…
Farzana Doctor’s Book Launch: Six Metres of Pavement
September 10, 2011
(Photo Caption: TINARS Director, Marc Glassman, in conversation with Farzana Doctor.) The launch was a great success, filled with soothing vocals, wry stories about the audience’s worst mistakes, and Glassman’s psychoanalysis of Farzana Doctor (Is…
Keep Toronto Reading 2011
September 10, 2011
Having been a novice in attendance, I had no clue what to expect. What ensued that night was a series of readings by Anthony De Sa, Cesar Polvarosa Jr, and the MAD Poet. The…
Book Review: The Surrendered
September 10, 2011
Teaser: by Mia Herrera The Surrendered presents two people whose lives are unavoidably entangled after the Korean War. June Han, orphaned during the war, and Hector Brennan, an army man, come together after years of…
Live Literature, Live Life
September 10, 2011
Teaser: Hi Everyone! As a new writer on LiL, I plan on reading and reviewing the newest and hippest books and immersing readers in the literary culture of Ontario. Before starting off, however, I thought…
Books for Dads: Bookstore Chains' Holiday Reads
September 10, 2011
Teaser: By: Mia Herrera Around New Years they’ll bring out the self-help books, approaching Valentine’s Day they’ll display the romance novels, near Christmas they’ll ship the Christmas carols, and creeping towards Halloween they’ll release a…