Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsLocal Artists Don’t Want Your Bright Ideas to Die
Good ideas don’t die; they get placed in a shoebox or are relegated to the furthest corners of your laptop’s RAM.
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Fringe ArtsThe Strange Tale of the Magical Invisible Book
On Tuesday, Nov. 9, 30-year-old Concordia alumna Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award, for her debut novel, The Sentimentalists.
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Fringe ArtsAuthor Mary Gaitskill Gives Master Class at ConU
Mary Gaitskill set her gaze over a room of 30 students. There was a feeling in the room that those present were lucky to be in Gaitskill’s presence; the 30-person crowd was not accidental, but the result of a strict cap.
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Fringe ArtsLit Writ
In the coming weeks, The Link will be featuring exercise poems produced by creative writing workshops. Below is a poem from David McGimpsey’s ENGL 425 Advanced Poetry workshop.
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Fringe ArtsPretty In Pink
Prettified with pink blush, lipstick, sexed-up hair and with his nipples peaking out from a deep v-lined sequined dress, Ariel Pink seduces the camera in his music video “For Kate I Wait,” a homage to Kate Bush.
This is Ariel Pink, take it or leave it. Either way, he doesn’t really give a shit. -
Fringe ArtsHaving Nun Of It
Most people wouldn’t say they have the supreme, bar-bragging-worthy ability to relate with the plight of a ninety-one-year-old nun with a chip on her shoulder.
The folks behind The Motherhouse, however, beg to differ. -
Fringe ArtsStreet Artist Roadsworth Takes His Art Indoors
If one ventures out to see Roadsworth’s exhibition Off and On at Galerie Punkt, a larger-than-life banana peel will greet you.
The spray painted peel is a visual pun. It sits innocuously in the centre of the street, waiting for someone or something to come and slip on it. -
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Fringe ArtsFrom A to Zines
Enough has been written about the death of print media to fill a Kindle. But like the common cold, Rasputin and the Road Runner, print media refuses to go down easy.
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Fringe ArtsGet Contemporary!
The Lateral is a humbling reminder that poetry still rules.
Jake Kennedy, who was the recipient of the 2010 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, throws you into a labyrinth of language, seducing you into a strange world of contemporary theory. -
Fringe ArtsLit Writ
Editor’s Note:
In an effort to strengthen ties with Concordia’s creative writing program, The Link will be featuring exercise poems produced by creative writing workshops. Below is a poem from David McGimpsey’s ENGL 425 Advanced Poetry workshop.
