Erin MacLeod
@touchofallright.bsky.social
I teach teens about lit and theory. Also, Polaris Prize jury foreperson, working on M&E, coms, español, français and sleeping. Settler In Montréal. https://www.youtube.com/@ErinExplainsStuff
Very proud that I have something in this!
NEW FEELING@newfeelingcoop.bsky.social · 4w ago🌬️💨⏩ Our 26th issue, SLIPSTREAM, is here! In his editor's note, Tom Beedham (@tombeedham.bsky.social) explores the “slipstream” as a space where artists can resist dominant forces and forge new paths for collective imagination/experimentation/change. www.newfeeling.ca/issue-26-sli...
Taylor Swift must be annoyed that everyone is going to remember her wedding day as the day Cabo Verde got that second goal.
It seems like there are so many US fans that don’t understand anything but winning it all. There is so much more to celebrate in the World Cup. That’s what makes it so wonderful. The many victories!
In the profile printed the week of Yesteryear's release was this response about author Caro Claire Burke's planned move to New York: “I just got the opportunity of a lifetime...and I should be where it happens. I should be in the place where other writers live.” I wrote about why this is a problem.
No Caro, all writers don't need to move to New York
Something the bestselling Yesteryear author said and why I can't stop thinking about who writes and where they do it
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Wayne Rooney reading Richard II is perfect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpAq...
England x Palace
YouTube video by Nike Football
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Ok. So this website "Tracks & Tales" is consistenly being advertised to me - it seems like it has been wholesale created by AI and the person responsible, a so-called "Rafi Mercer" seems to be a pseudonym. What is going on here? Is this a joke? A grift? www.tracksandtales.co/products/tra...
The Tracks & Tales Listening Club
Join The Listening Club and explore music, vinyl and listening culture with a global community. Early access, stories and curated sound.
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I wrote this about “Girls” in 2017: A pregnant woman without a PhD or a significant publishing history is offered a professorship (complete with generous health benefits) at a liberal arts college after a single interview. 1/2
This book is going to be everywhere - but I have a bit of an issue with the originality of the overall concept. youtu.be/tYHoObNvyd4?...
Yesteryear: Great Characters, Weak Concept?
YouTube video by Erin Explains Stuff
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Ok. I am convinced I don’t really understand what actual good writing is. Can someone give me a specific trait of “good” writing??
In the midst of the Lindy West discourse, I wrote about how I think we got to this point: touchofallright.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
Thinking about Women's Narratives
How we got from 90s voicy-ness to today's online discourse and the personal essays and memoir in between
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I just read someone saying “bagels are just bread” and I think my immediate incandescent rage means I just might be a real Montrealer.
Can I just say, and I know this is a simple point, that learning is hard. When students say to me (and when I say to myself) that using ChatGPT makes things “easier”, I get worried.
@sorayaroberts.bsky.social Hey you! I miss interacting on a website like this with you.
Talked about what we loved and what we questioned about Nirvanna TBTSTM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVa... #Nirvanna #Nirvannathebandtheshowthemovie
Nirvanna The Band Made a Movie… Right?
YouTube video by Erin Explains Stuff
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I wrote about Pitchfork and criticism.
Wanna be a critic? Only $5 a month!
Music criticism is dead. Long live music criticism
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Me thinking about the decline of the high school dance:
Monday Rethink: What happened to the high school dance?
Why fewer teens are swaying to slow songs in gymnasiums
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Alysa Liu made me write about my experience with figure skating as a teen and now as an adult. touchofallright.substack.com/p/how-alysa-...
How Alysa Liu reminds me why I skate
Are you going to the Olympics? Can you do a triple axel?
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I just watched “Wuthering Heights” and I am disappointed at how unsexy the whole thing was. I was promised bridles plural and all I got was bridle singular.
Want to watch me tell a story about Leonard Cohen, Montreal and belonging? youtu.be/DdHIWMh0lpc?si
Confabulation and The Volume Know | Erin MacLeod
YouTube video by Confabulation : Stories, true as we can tell them
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Hey beautiful losers, this week the books series has ed David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social talking new collection THE WORLD OF LEONARD COHEN w/ contribs @touchofallright.bsky.social, @eweisbard.bsky.social & Sarah Hill. Wed 5:30 pm ET, achieve satori here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Having a decades-old Wolf Parade song gain new found fame in 2026 due to a Canadian gay hockey romance show makes me feel like anything can happen. Thank you.
I spent an afternoon talking about Leonard Cohen with lovely people in Toronto. I hope this portends that there is indeed a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in. At this moment, I hope and pray this continues to be the case.
Here's my review of 2025 - I would love to talk to folks about it. open.substack.com/pub/touchofa...
Best of 2025?
It was some of the worst of times, but there were some good and important things.
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Someone on threads just said that Quebecois French is not French. It is not going well and I am here for it.
I went on CBC's Commotion to talk about the best Canadian music of 2025...the picks were pretty darned good! youtu.be/LC9vboR39Ys?...
The Canadian music that defined 2025
YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Thank you for sharing this! This article is perhaps one of my favourites that I have ever written.
Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'll add too that most Americans have absolutely NO idea how huge Air Supply are across the world over the years. I was schooled on this very point years back by @touchofallright.bsky.social, who wrote brilliantly about their impact in Jamaica. No lie, Air Supply are gods there.
