Arts & Culture

A writer and storyteller from Zimbabwe, Ignatius Mabasa has just arrived to the U of M’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) as its writer/storyteller-in-residence for fall 2010. He graciously agreed to...

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When you grow up in a world of rules it’s often difficult to suddenly have to play a game blind, without knowledge of what is expected and what is not allowed. To grow up...

“You mean you’re traveling alone?” is a question I am asked nearly every single day. In truth, yes, I am traveling alone. But that’s not what I say. “No, not really. You’re never really...

Eventually, no matter what, you will get to a point in your life and be hopelessly under qualified to do whatever you want to do. It’s an unavoidable truth of nature. One day when...

After being back in Winnipeg for over two months, I feel like I have had enough time to get back into my normal life that I can now write about the things I miss...

Robert Duvall has played every species of Southern-fried kook, crank, and coot that a screenwriter ever dreamed up, and many more that were just hauled out of the attic and given a light dusting....