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Niko Stratis

Niko Stratis is an award-winning culture writer and author based in Toronto. Her debut collection of essays, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, was released through the American Music Series at the University of Texas press in 2025. Her work regularly appears in outlets like Paste, CBC, Xtra, and many now-defunct outlets. She also writes the newsletter Anxiety Shark. She is a Cancer, and a former smoker.

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    The Veiled Passion of Stephen Malkmus

    His heart is not on display: It’s hidden below all these clever turns of phrase. Like a reverse Springsteen, holding the heart so gently under the sleeve you might barely see the outline of its beating center.