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Author: Carter Vance

Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada currently resident in Ottawa, Ontario. His work has appeared in such publications as The Vehicle, Contemporary Verse 2, and A Midwestern Review, amongst others. He was previously a Harrison Middleton University Ideas Fellow. His latest collection of poems, Places to Be, is currently available from Moonstone Arts Press.
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06/06/2024

15 in ’59

The Gaslight Anthem and the Eternal Object of Nostalgia

by Carter Vance

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02/02/2023

Indie, From Afar

I was somewhere

by Carter Vance

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11/09/2020

Dominica & the Long “After”

Dominica as a model for what can be

by Carter Vance

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03/19/2020

The Karimunjawa Ferry

Dispatch from a changing Indonesia

by Carter Vance

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09/30/2019

Feeling Blue

Love, Cynicism, and Sorrow Through Musical Generations

by Carter Vance

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04/11/2019

“Walk Like a Man”

What I Learned from Bruce Springsteen

by Carter Vance

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02/14/2019

The Paris Myth

Debunking beliefs about the city of lights

by Carter Vance

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