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Russell Smith

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Russell Smith was a columnist for The Globe and Mail. His most recent novel, Girl Crazy, is currently being adapted for cinema for New Real Films. He is a co-founder of the online men's magazine DailyXY.com.

Books

Girl Crazy, HarperCollins

Young Men, Anchor Canada

Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress, McClelland & Stewart

Latest articles

January 15, 2019

Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple,' at Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2015.

Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple,' at Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2015.

opinion

The evolution of poetry in the age of the Twitter rant

Russell Smith

January 8, 2019

Seven Days

Seven Days

A new gory thriller from Quebec’s Patrick Senécal – sadly written at a Grade 11 level

December 26, 2018

Review: Yves Beauchemin’s The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien is disappointing

December 18, 2018

The lost art of the perfect sentence

Russell Smith

December 5, 2018

Globe Arts columnist Russell Smith.

Globe Arts columnist Russell Smith.

Here’s to another poetry plagiarism scandal – and here’s how to fix it

November 28, 2018

Where do we find the next great Canadian novel? Look to Quebec

November 20, 2018

Esi Edugyan is pictured on stage after winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book "Washington Black" at the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala in Toronto on Monday, November 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Esi Edugyan is pictured on stage after winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book "Washington Black" at the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala in Toronto on Monday, November 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

opinion

Esi Edugyan’s Giller Prize win reflects a new taste for fabulism

Russell Smith

November 13, 2018

Author Elizabeth Hay is photographed at her home in Ottawa. Hay's memoir, All Things Consoled, won the $60,000 Hilary Weston award for non-fiction.

Author Elizabeth Hay is photographed at her home in Ottawa. Hay's memoir, All Things Consoled, won the $60,000 Hilary Weston award for non-fiction.

Writers' Trust non-fiction winner All Things Consoled is a personal look into family dynamics and parental loss

November 7, 2018

Author Kathy Page acknowledges that much of her Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize-winning book, Dear Evelyn, is based on her own father’s story even though she denies the characters in the book are real people.

Author Kathy Page acknowledges that much of her Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize-winning book, Dear Evelyn, is based on her own father’s story even though she denies the characters in the book are real people.

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction winner Dear Evelyn explores the hardships of marriage in the 20th century

October 30, 2018

Monty Python star Michael Palin’s new book on British ship Erebus takes you to ye olde sea life

October 29, 2018

Author Sarah Henstra.

Author Sarah Henstra.

Why Governor General’s Literary Award winner The Red Word is a true dark horse pick

October 16, 2018

Writer Anna Burns smiles after she was presented with the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2018 by Britain's Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall during the prize's 50th year at the Guildhall in London, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018.

Writer Anna Burns smiles after she was presented with the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2018 by Britain's Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall during the prize's 50th year at the Guildhall in London, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018.

opinion

By picking Anna Burns’s Milkman, Man Booker Prize rewards the difficult over the popular

Russell Smith

October 10, 2018

Russell Smith.

Russell Smith.

There will be no Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Should we even care?

October 2, 2018

Russell Smith.

Russell Smith.

The Giller Prize short list is remarkable, diverse and daring

September 25, 2018

The area around the so-called East Side Gallery, a heavily decorated 1.3-kilometre stretch of the Berlin Wall. (File Photo).

The area around the so-called East Side Gallery, a heavily decorated 1.3-kilometre stretch of the Berlin Wall. (File Photo).

opinion

Is an art project reconstructing the Berlin Wall provocative or offensive?

Russell Smith

September 19, 2018

Miriam Toews’s Women Talking is a fictional story that’s inspired by a real series of rapes in a Mennonite community in Bolivia from 2005 to 2009.

Miriam Toews’s Women Talking is a fictional story that’s inspired by a real series of rapes in a Mennonite community in Bolivia from 2005 to 2009.

opinion

Fiction, at its core, is about telling other people’s stories

Russell Smith

September 13, 2018

Russell Smith

Russell Smith

Canlit versus its scholars

September 7, 2018

The exterior of Anish Kapoor's art installation Descent Into Limbo in the gardens of the Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal.

The exterior of Anish Kapoor's art installation Descent Into Limbo in the gardens of the Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal.

opinion

Paint it black: The subversive story of Anish Kapoor’s man-eating art piece

Russell Smith

July 31, 2018

British writer and novelist Zadie Smith, during a visit to La Pedrera in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on December 4, 2017.

British writer and novelist Zadie Smith, during a visit to La Pedrera in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on December 4, 2017.

opinion

Zadie Smith’s contentious new short story reminds of the nasty art of satire

Russell Smith

July 31, 2018

Mexican-American artist, Vincent Valdez works his painting The City I, which depicts modern day KKK members, in his studio in San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 27, 2016.

Mexican-American artist, Vincent Valdez works his painting The City I, which depicts modern day KKK members, in his studio in San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 27, 2016.

opinion

When protest art is protested

Russell Smith