Dear Reader, In Act 2 of Hamlet, the titular character says, “The play’s the thing / wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” Though Shakespeare was referring to a staged play—and he certainly didn’t intend for a group of students in 2020 to read so deeply into one line that it became the first […]
1. There’s a place I’m going / no one knows me The first time I hear the only Matt Simons song I know, I am sitting on the floor of my childhood bedroom. A girl I have only met twice has punctuated an Instagram montage of coming home from OCAD—landing fresh from Pearson Airport, driving
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The Strandcast team is back for a bittersweet ending, joined by authors featured in our Spring magazine, PLAY. Jasmine and Erica discussed family history, Jennifer and Julia talked about imagined romances, and Noah and Miranda naturally brought the episode to a close with the topic of raccoons. We never expected the academic year to end on such a note, but we are so proud to have made this episode to finish off our experience as editors of the Strandcast. Sending love and good vibes from Jasmine, Noah, and Jen.
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