You could be forgiven for thinking so, given its title, but Bacon 24/Seven, by Theresa Gilliam, isn’t the kind of book that celebrates the bacon explosion. Each recipe in the book includes bacon, either as a main event or trim, but not in a clumsy or obnoxious Guy Fieri kind … Read More
1968, Croydon Harbour, Labrador—remote as anywhere in modern Canada, I suppose. Remoteness is perhaps the defining mood of Annabel, so named for two of the book’s characters who are scarcely there for much of its pages. Our focus is Wayne, a child born intersex at a place and time where … Read More
How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username – The Next Web I had a rare Twitter username, @N. Yep, just one letter. I’ve been offered as much as $50,000 for it. People have tried to steal it. Password reset instructions are a regular sight in my email inbox. As of … Read More
When meeting with Canadian officials over land claims in the 1990s, a Gitksan elder asked, “If this is your land, where are your stories?” It’s a reasonable question—don’t the stories we tell about a place, in part, create a place? It’s doubtful that the elder had been reading Benedict Anderson; … Read More
Once upon a time, whisky used to be a bit of a stodgy affair. Men had a personal brand, sometimes inherited, and rarely did they deviate. Granddad only drinks Laphroaig, so I drink Laphroaig. Or, Hunter S. Thompson was a Wild Turkey man, so Wild Turkey it is. Or, we’ve … Read More
