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McGoogan’s essay, “The Lemurs Make Me Write” will appear in the anthology, Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World, publishing in October 2024 from Touchwood Editions.

In a world that worships productivity, creating for art's sake is seen as romantic and nearly indefensible. For anyone who has ever struggled to honour their artistic impulses, Bad Artist offers an antidote to this toxic productivity narrative. This collection of essays features 21 Canadian and international writers from a breadth of backgrounds and experiences whose lives are not always proscribed by predictable work schedules or reliable support systems. They fit creating into the cracks of their lives, and through their stories show us all how to keep creating--not producing.