The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian kitsch: Canadian-side Niagara Falls projected onto a wall; a Wall of Heroes ...

It was September 2023, and I was reading a poem I’d written, “Andy’s Attic,” as part of a playput on by Teen Hype, a youth development program in Detroit. The group’s student organizers curated a ...