Jan Wong takes readers on a cultural adventure with the phenomenal Apron Strings (Book Review)
A multi-talented journalist with an astonishing work history and a current professor of journalism at St. Thomas University, Jan Wong’s writing never disappoints – and Apron Strings was no exception to the norm. By cultivating the humour, sass and charm that make up her...
The Outside Circle (Book Review)
For its second book of the year, the Lorenzo Reading Series has ventured in a slightly different direction with The Outside Circle. Focusing on the vicious cycle of gang violence and addiction plaguing inner-city Aboriginal communities across Canada, Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings’ graphic...
Lorenzo Series Kicks Off with Wayne Clifford
The Lorenzo Society kicked off the series with Wayne Clifford reading from his collection of poetry, Flying the Truck, last Thursday in the Hazen Hall Lecture Theatre.
At a small and intimate reading, Clifford read from his 14th volume of poetry, Flying the Truck, and...
mother! is open to many interpretations – let’s talk about one of them
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not seen Darren Aronofsky’s 2017 film mother! stop reading now. Major plot details are discussed extensively in this article.
Becoming easily the most divisive film of 2017 within just one week of its release, Darren Aronofsky’s mother! has enjoyed little...
Robert’s Rad Summer Reading List
When I’m not reading textbooks or pouring over essays, I read - a lot. I’m not just talking about novels, or the trash that is often referred to as a novel these days (yeah, I went there). No, I read a lot of histories,...
Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter: On page, in conversation, and on stage
When I Read It
Sometimes, a book just gets to you. It doesn’t happen all the time, or even most of the time, but when it does, it’s wonderful. Allison Wearing’s memoir, Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad, takes readers...
UNBSJ Reacts: Riverdale
Everybody remembers Archie, whether you were (and perhaps still are) an avid reader of the Archie Double Digest and Betty & Veronica or you grew up watching The Archie Show on Saturday mornings. However familiar you may be, the new CW Network drama Riverdale...
Vox Submission Deadline Fast Approaching
What better way to spend a snow day than by doing some creative writing? Vox, UNBSJ’s annual Arts publication, is looking for writing and visual art to include in their 15th edition. The deadline for submissions is March 10th, which is just two weeks...
Lorenzo revisits the 1970s with Riel Nason’s All the Things We Leave Behind (Review)
Whether you lived through it or you experienced it vicariously through Eric Forman’s basement, the seventies is a decade that we all know well. Riel Nason brings the age of ABBA and Zeppelin to life and paints it anew in her novel, All the...
The Vagina Monologues (Theatre Review)
Eve Ensler’s episodic play The Vagina Monologues held its last performance on Saturday, February 11th, 2017. Running from February 9th-11th, the show was part of the Saint John Theatre Company’s Canadian Stages Series. The Monologues have been produced for the BMO Studio Theatre’s stage...