We’re about to see first-hand the danger in both the (unfortunately rampant) belief that American politics don’t affect us Canadians, and in the denial of the political nature of art.

Mary Dean Lee began publishing poems in American and Canadian journals in 2019 and was selected for Best Canadian Poetry 2021. Her recent work appears in Ploughshares, The Fiddlehead, Burningword, Dunes Review, Salvation South and Hamilton Stone Review.

Malik McKoy is an emerging, multidisciplinary artist whose practice consists of painting and digital media. McKoy attempts to create a visual world that spans across both practices.

Forget The Box is excited to spotlight Naghmeh, an Iranian-Canadian singer-songwriter based right here in Montreal. Weaving influences from diverse music scenes with her Iranian roots, Naghmeh's music transcends language barriers.

Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban L'nu multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work has been featured in print and online, and anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry and Poesie actuelle de les femmes au Québec 2000-2020.

During a long, lazy, blazing-hot summer day on school break, a group of neighborhood kids and I were shuffled off to a local library’s community room for my first-ever improv workshop.

Hung with glowing neon spider webs and pink lighting bolts, Coup D’État sits patiently on the corner of Clark and Marie-Anne, waiting for clients and walk-ins.

Trained in the culinary arts, Fiona brings a passion for fresh, local flavors to every dish. Her childhood in Ukraine and China sparked a lifelong fascination with diverse culinary traditions, which she now weaves together with a focus on foraged ingredients and the magic of fermentation.

There’s free popcorn on a table to the right, and interviews for Letterbox are being held in the hallway. Giggling students crouch over the microphone and compare notes…

The first time I stepped foot in the Montreal Makers Market, it was to get out from under a scorching 3pm sun in July.