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Natalie Co Natalie Co

Feature Friday - Mary Dean Lee

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.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (26 March 2025)

We’ve lost the plot. I'm sure you agree, though we might've reached the same conclusion by different paths. See, I'm thinking about how we've lost all sense of context, and you can't follow any storyline without context: what led to this point, what the goal was, why the choice was made, all that.

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Tara McGowan-Ross Tara McGowan-Ross

Saying the Hard Things

Written by Montreal’s Adjani Poirier, Scorpio Moon is set in an unnamed city of low rent and high culture, where young artists have the economic space to live and create with a Utopian freedom, where an abandoned warehouse hosts a reckoning between two close friends about the aftermath of an incredible betrayal.

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Forget The Box Forget The Box

Ostara’s Bounty - A Spring Equinox Feast

As the days lengthen and the earth awakens, Chef Fiona Genevieve of Molotov Cuisine invites us to celebrate the Spring Equinox with a feast that embodies the spirit of renewal and rebirth.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (19 march 2025)

We all know the cliched stoner thoughts. Have you ever looked at your hands, man? No, like really looked at your hands…to aliens we are the aliens…stuff like that. It's relatable, because we've all had these ideas, high or not.

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DJ Fraser DJ Fraser

Feature Friday - Malik McKoy

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.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (12 March 2025)

A friend recently told me that when he posts cranky or angry things, strangers slide into his DMs, and tell him shit like keep your head down; just smile and wave. That's a real message from a stranger! Is this what happens when women post opinions, he asked, and it’s a fair question.

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Ella Hooper Ella Hooper

Painting the Town Yellow

Every morning of my first four years in Montreal, I walked by a vivid yellow door as I headed down Aylmer toward McGill University’s campus. It always seemed like a fun, quirky touch against the urban backdrop.

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Maggie Caroddo Maggie Caroddo

Feature Friday - Naghmeh

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.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (5 March 2025)

Online debates entrench opinions rather than change them. Don't believe me? Google it. Or, take a moment to ask yourself when you last had your opinion changed by online debate. I’ll wait.

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