Soliloquies Anthology

Oh Safety, Who Are You?

A free verse reflection. Being safe is being with Safety. Being safe, we need to part ways. It’s time. I suppose we could grow together...

What would you do if your partner said you have a “regular face”? Perhaps you are someone who truly believes inner beauty is more...

Lately, I have been getting the news watching Stephen Colbert monologues on YouTube. I can only swallow the strangeness of things...

Revisiting Francoise Sullivan’s Art of the Moment In today’s hyper-connected world of mass media, it is hard to unplug oneself from the...

Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric is a must-read in our contemporary society. In an extremely provocative text, Rankine calls...

I once learned the story of a Montreal actress who every other night went out with a group of volunteers to rescue stray cats in her van....

Finding the right moment to write can be challenging. Each person has a unique personality that influences preferences on the methods and...

(TW: Eating disorders) Saleema Nawaz is by far one of my favorite Canadian authors. In Mother Superior, her collection of short stories,...

If you were a cricket in Edmonton, chances are that your sonic environment could find its way into the literary world. Finding different...

Jordan Peele’s film Get Out goes far beyond just another scary movie to be enjoyed eating popcorn and hugging tight to a pillow. It is...

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