Cathy Xinman: Sleep, Do Not Fear Me
Cathy Xinman
August 29, 2025
“Sleep, Do Not Fear Me” offers not just a reading experience, but a moment of profound and shared solace.
Author: Cathy Xinman
The Flight of Poetry: When a Work Gives Birth to an Independent Life
Cathy Xinman
August 25, 2025
T.S. Eliot maintained that great verse must break free from the chains of private sentiment to forge universal human resonance.
Cathy Xinman: The Sun Is Never Blind
Cathy Xinman
August 13, 2025
Xinman’s poem reflects on time, aging, and human mortality, while celebrating the power of love, shared human experience, and the sun.
Cathy Xinman: Look What Kind of Sunshine I’ve Prepared for You
Cathy Xinman
July 22, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “Look What Kind of Sunshine I’ve Prepared for You”, recognizes the tender, unfiltered way children see the world.
Cathy Xinman: Where Is Your Home?
Cathy Xinman
June 28, 2025
Xinman’s poem “Where Is Your Home?“ employs layered imagery to explore abstract ideas such as home, ancestry, and nationhood.
Cathy Xinman: In the Health I Had Not Understood
Cathy Xinman
June 15, 2025
“In the Health I Had Not Understood” honours the quiet strength of fathers by referencing Jungian archetypes.
Cathy Xinman: Please Love Me in Spring
Cathy Xinman
June 6, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “Please Love Me in Spring”, creates a rich sensory landscape, immersing itself in nature as both setting and metaphor.
Cathy Xinman: I Love This Grass-Eating Cow
Cathy Xinman
May 8, 2025
Xinman writes poetry in Chinese and English. In Chinese culture, a cow is often seen as gentle and nurturing.
Cathy Xinman: I Ache, the Cherry Blossoms Have Bloomed
Cathy Xinman
April 21, 2025
The Sakura in High Park website predicts that the first cherry blossoms won’t appear in Toronto until the end of April or possibly early May.
Cathy Xinman: The Wonder of Love and Life
Cathy Xinman
April 13, 2025
“The Wonder of Love and Life” leans into emotional accessibility, embracing the presence of love, and the transformative power of art.
Brilliant biographical documentary reveals why Edward Said still helps us make sense of the world
Staff
September 13, 2026
David Suzuki: Help butterflies flutter, not fade
David Suzuki
September 11, 2026
Streaming now: Kashmiri film Saffron Kingdom offers a rare insider perspective
Staff
September 10, 2026
North of North returns for Season 2
Charlie Smith
September 8, 2026
Pacific Theatre adds six dates to Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman
Charlie Smith
September 3, 2026
The private school market serving international secondary students in Ontario has grown
Staff
September 1, 2026
Cathy Xinman: Who Extinguished the Stars at Night
Cathy Xinman
August 29, 2026
From a fishing village to Edinburgh, Mimi Sung traces Taiwan’s Scottish missionary roots
Charlie Smith
August 28, 2026
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
