Archive - Desire Lines

Writing, investing, speaking, even sitting, can vault us into the unpredictable but potentially fruitful unknown

Feb 29 •

December 2023

Narratives can take many shapes, from accounts moulded from historical archives to the evolution of a building.

Dec 31, 2023 •

October 2023

Time and building

Twenty years of Spacing, a long-delayed publication about a long-dead character, and the satisfaction of manual labour even for the not-very-handy.

Oct 31, 2023 •

August 2023

Novels & Chatter

A sneak peak at the upcoming issue of Spacing about Toronto writers, a conversation about interruptions, and the joys of chatter, street food, and…

Aug 31, 2023 •

June 2023

Conversational complications

Malagasy pirate wives, heartbroken monarchs, valley volunteers, folktale gods – finding ways to communicate, whatever hurdles stand in the way.

Jun 29, 2023 •

April 2023

From dissembling writers to fishy mussels and superficial landscapes, surfaces disguise and surprise

Apr 28, 2023 •

February 2023

How we move forward individually on our feet, and collectively in a city, with bumps along the way.

Feb 28, 2023 •

December 2022

Unfamiliar familiar

The revelations of casting a new eye on something we think we know

Dec 17, 2022 •

October 2022

We can learn a lot about the city by what it displays

Oct 13, 2022 •

August 2022

What the physicality of manuscripts can tell us, some delightful interventions in our public spaces, and the unique version of ourselves carried by each…

Aug 24, 2022 •

June 2022

Persistent rose

How do things persist? Rituals, roses, oranges. Each bring joy, and so we fight to preserve them.

Jun 28, 2022 •

April 2022

From the sharp delineation of sunlight and shadow to the soft blur of rain, with stops for colour and street art along the way.

Apr 30, 2022 •

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