March 2011
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Check out Andrew's story, Chocolate Milk for... →
Thanks to Kristen Michelle Havet, she runs a tight ship over there.
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Between the Bars: On editing a writer who has been... →
Jeremy Keehn’s companion piece to convicted prisoner Atif Rafay’s brilliant essay on freedom in the Walrus.
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On the Margins of Freedom: An essay by a Canadian... →
This incredible essay on freedom and the myth of human potential through suffering by Atif Rafay – currently serving three consecutive life sentences – is in this month’s Walrus Magazine.
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If you enjoyed the Dragnet launch party, come to...
The Meteoric Rise of Funky Flavours, College Street’s Best Funk Night, or, The Story of a Plucky Young Couple on a Mission to Spread the Funk.
“You know what your problem is? You ain’t got the funk. You’re all rigid. You’re like a breadstick.” Or so says Old Gregg, the transgendered Rick James lookalike played by Noel Fielding in the cult British TV show The...
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The Close-minded Post-Structuralist, Second...
“Anyone, anywhere, that tells you anything for certain is a creepy liar. Believe me.”
The Close-minded Post-Structuralist, First Edition
“The only reason I can’t handle the truth is that I don’t like getting utter bullshit on my hands.”
Our Issue One trailer on NME? →
I think they just list all 700,000 YouTube videos with “trailer” in the title, but still, weird, it comes up when you google “Dragnet Magazine.”
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Canadian Magazines blog mentions Dragnet! →
“St. Patrick’s Day…as offensive to the Irish as if on Martin Luther...”
– Jeremy
“Negative Double Positive
An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class...”
– Negative Double Positive - In web we trust (via miranda-writes)
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J-Source writes article on Dragnet! →
More press! Everything’s coming up Dragnet!
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Dragnet Supports Year of the Short Story →
Check out the YOSS website, now online!
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Open Book Toronto mentions Dragnet! →
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Joshua Jackson is Ruining (Dave Currie's) Life →
Our friend, the hilarious writer Dave Currie, just started a blog about how Canadian actor Joshua Jackson is ruining his life. Worth a read!
I have never met Joshua Jackson. I never watched Dawson’s Creek and I, like most people, have seen about a dozen of his movies (see comments for a list) but Joshua Jackson is ruining my life!
Here is my version.
A little over a year ago my long time...
In case you missed Ben Ladouceur @ VERSeFest...
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The Wig previews night one of VERSeFest featuring... →
From Holly Gordon, The Wig:
This week, the poets are anything but anti-social.
It’s the first evening of VERSeFest – the new, local poet festival that has 14 Ottawa poetry groups hosting six days that bring together both page (written poetry) and stage (spoken word) performances. It’s bringing institutions such as the recently relocated Dusty Owl Reading Series and theIn/Words open mic,...
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“‘Hush! Father, Hush! You must not talk!’
‘He who imposed that...”
– Matthew Lewis, The Monk.
“I am a copy of something, but I’ve forgotten what that something is.”
– Oguz Atay
“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and...”
– Sugar Ray Robinson. Thus begins the boxing quotes that apply weirdly well to writing series. 