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I've Lived as a Fat Person in Two Genders
Will I find more peace with my size as a man than I ever could as a woman?
Mental Health Is for Rich People
Canada loves being The One With Universal Health Care. But if your illness is in your brain, that universality is a lie.
Not Over It, Not Fixed, and Living a Life Worth Living
Healing from sexual abuse and trauma isn’t a journey with an end point. An excerpt from ‘Whatever Gets You Through.’
This Canadian Author Is Suing His Sexual Assault Accuser
A legal fund for defendants named in Steven Galloway’s defamation suit has raised more than $55,000.
I Grew Up With Parents Who Didn’t Understand Mental Illness
‘The Woo-Woo’ author Lindsay Wong recalls childhood in a deeply superstitious household.
This Vancouver Real Estate Crime Novel Was Supposed to Be Fiction
The property tycoons and gangs in Charlie Demers’ new book are a little too real, so we asked him about researching the city’s housing and drug markets.
Why I Reached Out to My Father’s Murderer
Author Carys Cragg was 11 when a stranger killed her dad. Twenty years later, she yearned for understanding.
‘Progress’: A Short Story from ‘Everything Is Awful and You’re A Terrible Person’
Alternative title: A Day in the Life of the Millennial Office Worker.
Why Every Canadian Author Has an Opinion About a Campus Sex Assault Case
UBC's creative writing chair Steven Galloway was fired this summer following an investigation into sexual assault. The ensuing avalanche of takes has been called "THE GREAT CANLIT CIRCLE JERK OF 2016."
UBC Students Aren’t Happy About a Canlit Star’s Defence of Fired Prof Accused of Sex Assault
Governor General's Literary Award winner Madeleine Thien has defended her friend Steven Galloway, accused of sexual assault. An open letter to Thien shows how closely students are listening.
What It’s Like to Take Opioids for Pain
Read an excerpt from Carlyn Zwarenstein's 'Opium Eater: The New Confessions' about a writer's struggle with opiates to cure her chronic pain.