An eloquent writer speaks with openness and force about living with bi-polar disorder. By C. C. O'Hanlon.

Things to consider before we get down to business. By Beatrice Briggs.

With this year’s theme, “Food, Farms, and Future Ecologies,” Toronto festival Subtle Technologies conscientiously makes space to reflect on the richness and plurality of life. By Lauren Fournier.

What makes "the greatest player who ever lived" different from the rest? A dancer and choreographer tells us what she sees. By Patricia Beatty.

Chris Hedges' book 'Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt' offers welcome guidance for this period in the history of human calamity. By Chellis Glendinning.

Three delightful (and intoxicating) recipes using this diminutive and versatile plum. By Laura Pope.

Science, ethics, aesthetics, ecology, Indigeneity, food systems — and what comes about from their joining. By Lauren Fournier.

"She feels no bitterness . . ." Stories of Chinese women who endured the wages of a passport to marriage. By Herbert Wright.

Even when saner heads prevail, chance can have its way. "The Normalization Of Mega-risk" by Craig K. Comstock.

Narcissus, Psyche and Eros get wiggy at the beauty counter. "She veers over to the time cream, palms the heavy sea-green tester, and begins to lubricate herself." Humour by Marni Jackson.