Political Work
Now Magazine
The Case for Secession: Our nation’s Multicultural Model to the World Should Be Canada’s 11th Province. - September 9, 2018
It’s War on Toronto: Why the Feds Should Step In and Stop Doug Ford’s Plan to Cut Toronto Council in Half. - July 31, 2018
Trans Mountain Pipeline debate: must Big Oil always shaft our democracy? - May 18, 2018
George Elliott Clarke Ponders Donald Trump's Big Fall - February 7, 2018
Modest Proposal for a Ministry of Dreams - January 21, 2018
Opposing Plato: A Poet Proposes Constitutional Amendments for Canada's Monarchical ‘Republic.’ - November 8, 2017.
Miscellaneous Articles
“On Writing Now.” 50 years of EVENT Magazine. Ed. Ian Coldfield. 44-45. [Forthcoming]
“Francesco Filippi’s Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good.” Review. Accenti. Monday, November 29, 2021.
https://accenti.ca/francesco-filippis-mussolini-also-did-a-lot-of-good/
“Love Bleeds, Ink Stains: On Politics and/or Aesthetics in Poetry.” Foreword. Love Lies Bleeding: A Canadian Poetry Anthology. Comp. George Elliott Clarke. Toronto: The Ontario Poetry Socitey, 2021. 1-2.
“On the Spirituals of Funk, the Gospel of Soul, the House of Blues, the Swing of Ragtime, the Jazz of Rap: The Backbeat of Freedom and/or the Rhythm of Love.” Freedom Cabaret: Spirit and Legacy of Black Music. Cur. Beau Dixon. The Stratford Festival. (August 19-September 5, 2021.) Program notes. pp. 11-15. https://cdscloud.stratfordfestival.ca/uploadedFiles/2021_HP_CB4_New.pdf
“Introduction to the Poet(ry).” In the Arms of the Father: Poems. By Flavia Cosma. Trans. Flavia Cosma with Charles Siedlecki. Somerville (MA): Cervena Barva Press, 2021. [ix].
“Three Questions.” The LaHave Review. Fall 2021. https://lahavereview.com
“On Translating Poetry: To Be Precise.” Foreword. Mirrors and Windows: East-West Poems with Translations. Ed. & Trans. Anna Yin. (English/Chinese/Chinese/English) Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2021. 14-17.
Preface. Clay Tablets in Nietzsche’s Cave. By Raed Anis Al-Jishi. United Arab Emirates: Sail Publishing, 2021. 3.
“Culture Change.” Letter to the Editor. Re: Canadian genocide and racism. The Globe and Mail. July 10, 2021. O10.
International Questionnaire on International Labor Day. Host: Yin Xiaoyuan. Posted: April 27, 2021. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/R-Hn8cDPX75kcVpevFrn-Q
“Yet Another Effort, Canadians, If Ya Wanna Effectively Decolonize.” Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien. 41 (2021): 181-185.
International Roundtable on Gender Equality. Host: Yin Xiaoyuan. Posted: February 23, 2021. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/aLGr8SG2UTt7EcRibQMsUQ
“Spatial Odysseys.” Foreword. Space and Place as Human Coordinates: Rethinking Dimensions across Disciplines. Eds. Arianna Maiorani and Bruna Mancini. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. vii-ix.
Review: Traveling Detours and U-Turns by d.n. (Neil) simmers. The Walrus. January/February (2021): [86]. https://thewalrus.ca/canadian-authors-pick-their-favourite-books-of-2020/
“Review: Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac by Anna Yin.” Live encounters. https://liveencounters.net/le-books-2020/08-august-le-books-2020/george-elliott-clarke-reviewseven-nights-with-the-chinese-zodiac-by-anna-yin/
Foreword. Open Heart Forgery: 10th Anniversary Anthology. Ed. Georgia Atkin. Halifax (NS): Open Heart Forgery, 2020. iii-iv.
“100 Days of Solitude: Days on End.” The Globe and Mail. Saturday, June 20, 2020. D6. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-100-days-of-pandemic/#clarke
“Mary Shelley’s Tempest.” Introduction. Squall: Poems in the Voice of Mary Shelley. By Chad Norman. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2020. xi-xiv.
“George Elliott Clarke on Canada’s war-footing to combat coronavirus.” NOW. April 11, 2020. https://nowtoronto.com/news/coronavirus-great-war-second-world-war-pandemic/
“Justice for Indigenous people requires discussion.” The Toronto Star. Thursday, January 16, 2020. A15.
