When Jade Brooks was 15, she thought she met the love of her life. He wooed her, bought her gifts, took her on dates and told her that he was in love. Looking back now, she recognizes him as her trafficker—the man who manipulated her into moving from her home near Uniacke Square and selling […]
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It’s a hard road for Dylan-defender
[Image-1] The drunk woman behind me kept screaming his name. “Bob!” “Bob!” “Bob!” So I was grateful when security ushered her out of the small Tampa, Florida auditorium. But I understood the sentiment. I was screaming his name too, quietly, in my head. To paraphrase Joan Baez, not everyone’s into Bob Dylan but for those […]
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Gimme some NaNoWriMo
Between working her 40-hour-a-week co-op job and studying at Mount Saint Vincent University, Sarah Linders is already pretty busy. But the public relations student has taken on another challenge—competing, once again, in National Novel Writing Month. Linders took some time away from her lunch hour to chat with The Coast about NaNoWriMo, word counts and […]
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Write Now! Halifax seeks word-loving youth
Like sweet corn, lake swims and shorts weather, Write Now! Halifax is a short, sweet summer experience. Pairing up youth aged 13-18 and adult writers to connect and collaborate together, Write Now! is currently seeking youth who love to write and express themselves. Stories, song lyrics, journals, poetry, spoken word, graphic novels or whatever else […]