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'''Lawrence O'Toole''' is a Canadian former journalist, best known as a film, dance and theatre critic for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and ''[[Maclean's]]'' in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>"Critic's great voice lives on in collection". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', October 9, 1994.</ref> After moving to [[New York City]] in 1988, he was a contributor to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[GQ]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name=rockhard>"Between the Rock and a hard place". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', October 22, 1994.</ref> and volunteered for an [[AIDS service organization]].<ref name=rockhard/> In 1994, he published ''Heart's Longing: Newfoundland, New York and the Distance Home'', a memoir of his experience growing up in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], coming out as [[gay]] as an adult, and later returning to his hometown of [[Renews-Cappahayden|Renews]] for a visit.<ref>"O'Toole makes a splash beyond the shallows of journalese". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 3, 1994.</ref> The book was an expansion of an article he had previously written for ''[[Saturday Night (magazine)|Saturday Night]]''.<ref name=rockhard />

He also published at least one short story, "Goin' to Town with Katie Ann", which was featured in the 1990 [[Journey Prize]] anthology.<ref>"Readable journey through Canada's diverse short stories". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 1, 1990.</ref>

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