Eating loneliness is stealing sideways glances to the occasional stirrings of a cup of coffee only a curling throws away from a counter, polished slick by boredom with a side order of lip-chewing and watching the ticking of the clock… Continue Reading
Fire Down on the Labrador The sealers lose all sense of motion. Unscathed below their puny disaster, a dozen fathomless dimensions _______— a bulk of ice, a gliding whale, pressed rib to rib, too snug for light. One man … Continue Reading
The inspiration for the Type Is … series is the immense beauty and mystery of typographic form. One day, while studying graphic design in college, my preconception of using type only as a communication device was shattered. As we sliced… Continue Reading
this filthy fuckin’ city is a multimedia glitch-art ode to my beloved city of Toronto, blurring the boundaries between lamentation and celebration in a passionate, parodical pastiche. Each entry depicts a unique physical space — exploring iconic landmarks as thoroughly… Continue Reading
Little Black Afro Theatre Company returns with a revised version of Carbon, originally performed at the 2014 Hamilton Fringe Festival. Carbon’s basic unit is the set piece. There are sixteen of them; each built around a different spoken word… Continue Reading
The 10/10/10 Project is an experiment in theatre that reimagines the creative process as a broken telephone. One artist makes something and hands it off to another, who makes something else in reaction to it, and so on until thirty… Continue Reading
The terrifying thing about watching a lot of TV is that most of the damage it causes is both delivered and received with a smile. Understanding this smile is the central concern in Like a Generation, the latest play from… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, July 15, writers, editors and publishers gathered at the Dora Keogh Irish Pub in downtown Toronto in order to celebrate the launch of Lexical.ca. They mingled — shaking hands and swapping conversation as well as business cards — and… Continue Reading
Sewer Lid is currently seeking submissions of art, fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Send us your work by 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 30 in order to have it considered for publication in our very first issue. View our guidelines for… Continue Reading
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