Illustration by Aless MC

Illustration by Aless MC

Aless Mc's practice combines illustration and graphic design to create images that translate everyday experiences into distinct, colorful universes.
The Sustainability Class

The Sustainability Class

A reflection about certain types of “green” rhetoric – and the kinds of people who most avidly support (or police) it.

By Emma Dollery

Small Stories of War

This collection examines how young people their families make sense of and navigate war and its aftermath. 

By Taylor C. Noakes

Illustration by Aless MC

Illustration by Aless MC

Aless Mc's practice combines illustration and graphic design to create images that translate everyday experiences into distinct, colorful universes.
Sugaring Off

Sugaring Off

Fanny Britt brings her readers on a powerful journey through privilege, belonging, and the search for connection.

By Ashley Fish-Robertson

Mainstreaming Porn

Mainstreaming Porn

An in-depth look at the capitalist and corporate backdrop that informs sex and eroticism.

By Sruti Islam

The Capital of Dreams

The Capital of Dreams

Heather O’Neill’s own bold and bewitching words, steeped in symbolism, are as exciting to unpack as an epic dream.

By Kimberly Bourgeois

The Sacred Heart Motel

The Sacred Heart Motel

One of the sheer brilliances of Kwan’s book is turning migration into a love poem and love into a migration.

By Carlos A. Pittella

The Great Right North

The Great Right North

Crucially, the authors try to answer the million-dollar question: what is to be done about the far right in Canada?

By Nora Loreto

It Really Is

It Really Is

Cole Degenstein's graphic novel is an honest reflection on isolation, seasonal depression, the poetry in daily life.

By Sasha Khalimonova

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News and Announcements

So Long Michael

It is with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of Michael Wile over the holidays. Michael was our longstanding National Advertising Manager at the Montreal Review of Books, from its early days in 1997. 

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