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Living in a success culture
Originally published in January 2018 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Why I didn’t work it
Originally published in February 2015 in Blog
Failures, I’ve had a few
Originally published in January 2015 in Blog
“Lost and Found at Uni” series, by Alison Garwood-Jones When I met Stewart,* he was standing outside the coffee shop I’d suggested with his hands pushed deep inside his pant pockets. “It’s closed, isn’t it?” I said, walking up to him. “Yup,” he said, and we gave each other an awkward hug. “Sorry about that,” […]
Remains of the day
Originally published in May 2013 in Blog
I got a lot of moving feedback the first time I wrote about my mother, Catherine, in The Long Goodbye, published three years ago on this blog. After she died last Christmas, I expanded on the story of our relationship and turned it into a magazine piece for Glow Magazine. It’s in the May issue, on newsstands […]
Riding the tube
Originally published in November 2012 in Blog
Photography by Emma-Lee UPDATE: In June 2013, Emma-Lee’s album “Backseat Heroine” was the winner of Best Adult Contemporary album at the 2013 Independent Music Awards. [I] was propositioned by a guitar picker this summer. Or, rather, the writer in me was. And that’s “ghitaahr pick’r,” if you say it like you’re June Carter Cash, as I’m wont […]
McSweeney’s found me
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
While I was waiting to hear from some of my editors yesterday, I made soup and messed around on the internet. Later that afternoon, I went to the library and pulled a book off the shelf that looked interesting only to discover a painting of me inside its pages (I haven’t sat for anybody). Turning […]
“Kids today don’t know shit” — George Lois
Originally published in October 2011 in Blog
The woo girls
Originally published in July 2011 in Blog
