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The article presents the author's views on the periodical. He states that the periodical support the teaching of Canadian writing through the continued development of CanLit Guides. Topics discussed includes change in Canadian writing, and literary criticism, indigenous studies and loveless marriage.

Discusses the historical and cultural context of black prairie cultural production in Canada. Information on several regional anthologies and histories of prairie literature produced in the country; History of the migration of black Oklahoman and other black settlers to the Canadian prairies in the early part of twentieth century; Information on the unpublished one-act play by Addena Sumter Freitag entitled "Stay Black and Die."

Focuses on writing about war for children. Factors that need to be considered in writing about war; Examination of children's literature written during wartime; Trends in writing books about war.

A literary criticism of the book “A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki is presented. It outlines the connection Ozeki makes between several political issues and ecological concerns. The novel pays more attention to coastal British Columbia and its literature, while reminding the reader that social and environmental injustice go beyond national borders.

The article reports that the Lesbian National Parks and Services, first performed in Banff, Alberta, in 1997, uses parody to bring Dempsey and Millan's humorous queer vision of wilderness to life on the streets and trails of Banff National Park. For the three-week duration of the group exhibition, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millans dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by real rangers, complete with the Lesbian National Parks and Services crest sewn onto their shirts and hats.

The article focuses on the poetry written by Phyllis Webb. In the foreword to her book "Wilson's Bowl," Webb wrote that her poems are the result of silence. Her book "Naked Poems" was considered by some readers as a voluntary impoverishment of poetry. Webb wrote almost eighty short poems during the summer of 1963.

Presents information on literary publications for the year 1997. What the publications suggest; Titles of the publications; Identification of the authors of the publications.

Replies to Robert Bringhurst, commenting on polyphony. Definition of natural polyphony in `Wisdom of the Mythtellers,'; Discussion on Bringhurst's essays.

Presents an open letter to Robert Bringhurs, commenting on the difference between polyphony and cacophony. Discussion on Bringhurst's poem `Singing with the Frogs,'.

Highlights the poems created by world-travelling poet Lorna Goodison. Influence of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis on Goodison's lyric invocations; Discussion on the vocabulary of homing and displacement; Concept that Goodison wanted to emphasize about poems.