Oh, Queer Canada: A Reading List for Americans in Search of LGBTQ Canadian History

When I was a child, my grandfather was embroiled in a quiet, and possibly entirely one-sided, feud with his next-door neighbor. Every summer I would visit my grandparents for a week, and follow Grandpa on his morning walks through the woodlot, along a path that skirted the neighbor’s field. Each day, on reaching the fence, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Two Decades After Shaking Up Hollywood, the Black List Sets Its Sights on Fiction

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