This Canadian author challenges the standard human-centred view we have of city spaces

BY: DUSTIN BATTY Typically, urban areas are considered in opposition to natural areas. Cities have asphalt, concrete, and buildings; nature has soil, marshes, and trees. Cities have chaos and noise; nature has peace and quiet. Cities have humans; nature has…

A city is trying to shut down a children’s library that gives away free books

BY: DANIEL KORN In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin built a wooden model of a schoolhouse— a deep red exterior with white trim and a mini bell tower perched on the roof. He built it in honour of his…

Why do Artists Have to be Poor and Fucked Up? A Portrait of Author Andrew Kaufman

BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Andrew Kaufman writes in a notebook, seated at a tiny circular table in a courtyard. The tiles below him are stone, and the building above him is beige stucco. It’s a mere façade, though, standing above a…