On a gray November morning, stacks of essays sat on an admissions counselor’s desk at a New England liberal arts college. She ...

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With his passing, it’s certainly time to advocate once again for Greg to be named National Artist for Literature. It’s long overdue.

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Private schools are not just all about rugby and hockey. A Grade 11 pupil from Hilton College was recently awarded a rare 100% for a creative writing essay entitled “Maybe yesterday. Maybe today. I ...

Sari Botton is a Kingston-based writer, editor, and publisher whose work has shaped conversations around identity, storytelling, and aging. A longtime journalist and literary force, she has edited ...

Ready or not, here it comes — homework! Regardless of their age, our children, teens, and young adults will need to get ...

No one wields an insult like a writer. Here are the biggest fights in literary history, from sisterly fallouts to an actual ...