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Office Chatter: May 2011

If you’ve read The Literary Type at all, or corresponded with The New Quarterly, you may have picked up on the fact that TNQers are a diverse bunch of sophisticated, educated, and articulate people who...

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Uneasy Answers

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Office Chatter: June 2011

Time for June’s installment of Office Chatter. Don’t you wish you worked here too?With ContextCatherine: “So I ran over with a shoe, the only weapon I could find, prepared to beat whatever was in the...

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Heath and Safety

As a co-op student, I’m required to fill out and submit a wealth of paper work that would drive even the most staunch office worker to new depths of sadness. Nobody likes paper work. Especially when...

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Harry Potter and the Nerd who is Catherine

It started, for me, about a week ago. Actually, I believe it was 6 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes and 12 seconds. Approximately.I was surfing The Toronto Star’s website during my lunch break—I periodically...

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Office Chatter- July 2011

I suppose I should go with New Quarterly tradition and come up with a theme for these Office Chatter posts. All right, this post’s theme is…uh…never mind, I got nuthin’. Just enjoy!With ContextOur...

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Purge or perish?

I've begun to wonder why it is that I have so many books.No, I haven't finally lost it (apologies to everyone who had September 2011 in the pool.) I know why I acquired so many books. Any given book on...

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Office chatter- September 2011

In which we are tantalized by paper, use ice cream as a security blanket, discover rainbows are libraries and appreciate the emphasis provided by a well-placed curse.With ContextMaddy, on joining TNQ’s...

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Office Chatter: Fall/Winter Edition 2012

Since Catherine has abandoned her post (the funding for her position expired), office chatter hasn’t been the same. I don’t know if Maddy just has poorer spying skills than Catherine, or if we just...

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Overheard at TNQ: February 2012

With ContextKim just discovered that Pamela has a new laptop stand: two large books. Pamela: “Aren’t books great? You can use them for everything! To prop up windows… to hold open doors…” Kim: “to give...

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Overheard at TNQ — March/April Edition

With ContextMelissa, searching frantically for something in the office, while doing a bit of a dance: “Ugh. This is a sign that I should not make important decisions while I am trying not to pee...

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Overheard at TNQ: May/June edition

With ContextCharlotte: “The printer says ‘Toner Life End’ and won’t print anything” Melissa (sagely): “Ah… Now it is time to teach you the dance of my people.” She removes the toner cartridge and...

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The Gift of Inspiration

At this time of year, it seems the most common refrain is "what do you get for the  ___ who has everything?" We kill ourselves battling crowded malls and treacherous roads in search of that perfect...

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