Publications
2022
In the Imperial City in The Literary Review of Canada (a review of David Huebert’s Chemical Valley)
2021
The American Dreams of Éric Plamondon, in Southwest Review (a review of Éric Plamondon’s 1984 Trilogy)
André Alexis’ Ring in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 110, Fall Winter 2021/2022
2020
Lisa Robertson’s The Baudelaire Fractal in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 108, Fall Winter 2020/2021
Russians know what the absence of stability can mean. COVID-19 is just the latest reminder in The Globe and Mail, May 2020
How to Break Every Rule of Contemporary Writing and Succeed in thewalrus.ca (a review of Jean Marc Ah-Sen’s In the Beggarly Style of Imitation)
2019
The Return of Political Fiction in thewalrus.ca
André Alexis’ Days by Moonlight in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 104: Spring 2019
2018
Randy Boyagoda’s New Novel is Both Deeply Catholic and Deeply Funny in The Walrus, December 2018 (a review of Original Prin)
The Search for the Great Canadian Novel in thewalrus.ca
The Supreme Orchestra in Quill&Quire
Writing on the Wall in Maisonneuve September 2018 (a review of CanLit in Ruins)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 103: Fall 2018 (a review essay on Marie-Claire Blais’ The Manuscripts of Pauline Archange)
Strange Embrace: CanLit’s post-realist moment in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 102: Summer 2018
Can Fiction Truly Capture the Mind of a Tyrant? in thewalrus.ca (a review of The Bleeds)
Camilla Grudova’s The Doll’s Alphabet in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 101: February 2018
Will a Posthumous Story Collection Help Canada Forgive Norman Levine? in The Walrus January 2018 (a review of I Don’t Want to Know Anybody Too Well)
Zolitude by Paige Cooper in Quill&Quire
2017
Caged in Literary Review of Canada December 2017 (a review of Kevin Hardcastle’s In the Cage)
Does Writing About Boredom Have to Be Boring? in thewalrus.ca (a review of The Original Face)
Marianne Apostolides’ Deep Salt Water in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 100: October 2017
Unwanted Parts: Class Unconsciousness in Debris and Waste in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 98: Winter 2017
Involuntary Bliss by Devon Code in The Winnipeg Review
Heather O’Neill at the Height of Her Literary Powers in The Walrus, January/February 2017
2016
A Defence of Dying in Literary Review of Canada September 2016 (a review of The Consolations of Mortality)
The Wikipedia Novel in thewalrus.ca (a review of Hungary-Hollywood Express)
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