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Other Side of the Game Book Review

Amanda Parris
A short play that pulls the history of Black Power activism forward to modern-day Toronto. The police and prison system are ever-present threats as the scene jumps back and forth between the 1970s and today. A great jumping-off point for learning about Canadian Black political activists — and for realizing how far back the fight for justice stretches.

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Nerve Book Review

Eva Holland
I'm not much one for pop science or psychology books, but this was a refreshing introduction to the workings of fear. Eva Holland weaves personal, societal, and physiological explanations for the ways we deal with being afraid, and what happens when we try to tame the feeling. She makes new concepts approachable, and pairs that skill with evocative memoir writing.

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Paper is perfect

My most pleasurable reading experience of the past year has been Robin Sloan's Year of the Meteor newsletter. Every Sunday, I was comforted to see that new email message nestle into my inbox. Sometimes I would read it right away. Sometimes I would let it linger there for weeks before I got around …

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Dietland Book Review

Sarai Walker
This novel is most impressive for its form, jumping between different narrative voices in a way I've never seen. In some chapters, footnotes are used as a kind of flashback. Font choices denote the transition between first-person narrative, correspondence, diary-writing, news reporting, or a dream sequence. The story itself is dark and fun, pinning the reader down in discomfort.

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