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HA&L 10th Anniversary EXTRA!   Hortense Gordon: Hamilton’s Avant-Garde Pioneer • by Earl Miller * Image detail: Abstract Forms, Studio Interior, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Hamilton Our Country — Le Canada • by Jeffery Donaldson. Montage: The Battle of Quebec (1775) by Charles William Jefferys / Derivated work by Benoit Rochon, public domain.   Our Country — Le Canada by Jeffery Donaldson Vanguard Arts In Hamilton: Introductory Remarks by R. Bruce Elder  Kenneth Rexroth: Turning Eastward to Renew the West by R. Bruce Elder Hortense Gordon: Hamilton’s Avant-Garde Pioneer by Earl Miller Amar, Artist: Essay-Memory Fragments by B.W. Powe An Interview with John Robert Colombo by J.S. Porter A Found Poem by J.S. Porter Short Story: The Honeymoon Period by Anne Bokma Endarkenment and Release: Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker by Susan McCaslin All of Us: The Making and the Music of the Tragically Hip Ballet by Karen Barr Portfolio: Artists For Climate Action / Extinction Rebellion organized by Neil and Yvonne Woodley Excerpts from Showdown! Making Modern Unions, A Graphic History by Rob Kristofferson & Simon Orpana Alfred Joyce (1909 — 2004) & Hamilton's King William Street Art Studios Illustrations by Gord Pullar and memories from Annerie van Gemerden A Portfolio of work by Aocso Notre Dame Cathedral: A postcard from Paris, 1970 by James A. Chambers Level Six - An AGH StrataMap by David Lee Memoir: Everything’s Fine by Anita Lahey "Clear As Day in the Forerunners": An Interview with poet Cory Lavender by Jesse Eckerlin Audio from the Storylines archive: An Interview with Tim Inkster by Christine Cowley Audio from the Storylines archive: An Interview with Trevor Cole by Christine Cowley Poetry: This won’t be pretty by Cameron Kroetsch Poetry: ALLA LUNA • TO THE MOON by M. Teresa Santalucia Scibona [translated by Laura Ferri] Poetry: Pensions by James Olwell Poetry: To Joe at Snow Road, Morning Interlude, and On First Learning My Mother Had Cancer by Mary Dean Lee Poetry: The Hone by Richard MacKinnon Poetry: Root Rot by Erin Emily Ann Vance Poetry: Whitman in Canada by Robert Krantz Poetry: 白金城市 • Platinum City by Yuan Hongri [translated by Manu Mangattu] The History Ahead of Us: A Review of A.F. Moritz’ The Sparrow by Patrick O’Reilly A Review: “What a Frame-up! ” Stan Rogal's A Rogue’s Decameron by Karl Jirgens Review: Stan Rogal, A Rogue’s Decameron by Jo-Anne Elder Review • Toronto’s Hungers: Revisiting the fabliaux style in the 21st Century – Stan Rogal's A Rogue’s Decameron by Robert Colman Review: A Feast, a Butchering: Aaron Schneider’s Grass-Fed by Jenn Carson Local History: On the Steps by Roy J. Adams Measuring Beauty & Gathering Words: A Story about HA&L’s Feedback Survey by Alise de Bie ALSO SEE HA&L RAVE with a Memoir from Miriam Clavir, and Poetry by Anne Bokma, and Jenn Carson SUBMIT! The Short Works Prize for Writing. DEADLINE: October 5, 2019 BECOME A MEMBER!  RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Help HA&L to continue publishing! “I am here to say, our house is on fire. [...] I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire.” ― Greta Thunberg “if they arrest five on the strike committee, five more will take their place...” ― 1946 STELCO Strike, USW History Page Paul Lisson: Editor Fiona Kinsella: Editor / Designer Associate Editor: Shane Neilson Founding Art Director: Peter Stevens (1963-2015) Contributing Editor: David Forsee (1944-2017) Hamilton Arts & Letters 10TH ANNIVERSARY issue eleven.2   ISSN 1916-8454     HAL on Twitter Endarkenment And Release: Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker • by Susan McCaslin. Photograph: Sony Music. ATV Music Publishing, Nashville, 2016. Kenneth Rexroth: Turning Eastward to Renew the West • by R. Bruce Elder. Image detail: Book cover. World outside the window: the selected essays of Kenneth Rexroth. New York: New Directions. Amar, Artist: Essay-Memory Fragments • by B.W. Powe. Image detail: Untitled Assemblage by Joseph Amar. Courtesy of Discoveries in American Art. All of Us: The Making and the Music of the Tragically Hip Ballet • by Karen Barr. Poster detail: courtesty of the Alberta Ballet. Portfolio: Artists For Climate Action • organized by Neil and Yvonne Woodley. Image detail: It Has Begun by Isaac Murdoch. Portfolio  • by Aocso Notre Dame Cathedral: A postcard from Paris, 1970 • by James A. Chambers HA&L magazine Membership. This Boat / cannot float / without you.                                                                                                               HA&L magazine would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council an Ontario Government Agency, the Centre for Community Engaged Narrative Arts, and the City of Hamilton. Sincere thanks to all of HA&L's members and sponsors – we wouldn't be here without you!