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I won’t lie to you. Of all the people to be occupying this space at the back of this student newspaper, of all the former student writers who have left the student life for something else altogether, of all the people who could be capable of some sort of authorial claim over the cold reality and unspoken trials of post-graduate life —well, I gotta say, I’m probably not your girl.Continue...

When Robert Fulghum wrote All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten , he wasn’t kidding. After all, the most important lessons in life are learned very early—we just have a tendency to consistently forget them.

Lessons like the importance of having clean hands, for example.Continue...

Margaret Atwood. Wow, bold choice. But really, I made it because I think she’s overlooked as a poet. I’m willing to bet that every person who reads this has read an Atwood novel, but the number of Atwood poetry fans seems to shrink enormously.Continue...

I prefer you soft-spoken, words uncurled
And an unmentioned hand
That twists paper-thin sentences into origami cranes
They stretch their wings that we have made
They are creased in all the wrong places
Not from a lack of concentration or effort
But a lack of skill
Yet still they dive with an oddly curved neck
Into our conversation (devoid of any grand purpose)Continue...

With typical Canadian irony, try starting your year off with an ending by reading this, the culmination of Davies’ Deptford Trilogy. This novel tells the story of just how far one man can go, and how many changes, disguises and mysteries can flow from a single person.Continue...

Steven Heighton. Bronwen Wallace. Diane Schoemperlen. All are distinguished members of a large group of professional writers who have come to Kingston for one reason or another—whether to go to Queen’s, to enjoy the less expensive cost of living, or simply to enjoy the scenery—and ended up staying here permanently.Continue...

Keep in mind that even though your Facebook profile gives you the opportunity to express who you are without restrictions, you might want to think twice before you post that picture of you smoking a fat cone or list “passing out on people’s lawns” as an interest. You don’t know who might be looking at your profile next.Continue...