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I don't see my artist friends as any more neurotic or addiction-prone than the others. The roommates I have had who were into triathlons or... →
My son craves picture books about Transformers and Ninja Turtles and the Hulk; they show one fantastic creature smashing or zapping another into... →
All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your date... →
Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.
Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to... →
Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated... →
Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no yoga-achievement badges, no coloured... →
The only thing that makes a book YA is that it is about teenagers, and it is written in a very conventional, non-artsy, non-pretentious way. YA is... →
Universities can teach maturity. They can teach teenagers how to be adults, and that means to function outside a clique or a tribe.
Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup.
If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.
Periods of nostalgia are impossible to predict or explain.
There is something insouciant and boyish about the sockless ankle in summer.