From the Mag
Sneak Peek! Rob Taylor’s “One Ghana”
“In Ghana, there are many more poets who are just throwing politics at you without apology. Here, if we do that, we apologize a lot or we cloud it with some artifice.”
Sneak Peek! prOphecy Sun
“If I’m not going there and challenging myself,” she explains, “I might as well stop, because it’s not really authentic”…
Sneak Peek! Swine Flu
Swine Flu is pretty much the American Apparel of things that give you diarrhea…
Sneak Peek! A Confetti World
“Vancouver has this standoffishness that can be cliquey—people are aspirational but protective of what they’ve got,” notes Caleb…
Sneak Peek! Uprooted
When I moved into Cambie Village, there were a disillusioning number of empty storefronts with “For Lease” signs in the windows…
Sneak Peek! Sister Act
“And they don’t mean girlfriend as in, my girl friend. They mean lesbian lover,” adds Chanté…
Sneak Peek! Robert McNutt
I remember literally breaking into houses and stealing doorknobs and lights, but that was at a time when the houses that were derelict were just derelict and no one cared…
Burcu’s Magic (sneak peek!)
“They were all yelling at the caller, ‘She’s gonna have a baby for fuck’s sake! B8!’”
Jessie Li (sneak peek!)
“When problems come up, just face it and don’t give up. One should be hardworking, kind and honest; this is my personal philosophy.”
Molo Design Team (sneak peek!)
“It is like looking through a cloud, thick yet transparent, into the vague shapes of the world below.”
Feature Presentation (sneak peek!)
“On my snoops through decades of clutter, I prefer the stores that arrange their VHS tapes in a cabinet like they’re still in a home…”
Cascadia Defied (sneak peek!)
“Victoria’s transition from the commercial and cultural capital of British Columbia to an idyllic tourist town…”
101 East Hastings (sneak peek!)
“This is espresso, yet also honey, a rich, velvet shot suddenly melts into a lukewarm cup in twin columns, falling, flowing…”
The Jazz Man (sneak peek!)
“Jazz is a live event punctuated by a pall of heavy tobacco smoke, the strong bite of a cocktail overladen with gin…”