September, 2020 | The Walrus

What’s Mine Is Yours

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 - by Katie Underwood

The three nominated authors for this year’s Amazon First Novel Award Youth Short Story category reveal the stories they most want to tell

Environment / September/October 2020

What Frogs Can Teach Us about the State of the World

September 16, 2020January 18, 2021 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

By tracking amphibian songs, citizen scientists are helping us understand what’s happening to our environment

Arts & Culture

How Creativity Changes as We Age

September 16, 2020May 28, 2021 - by Emily Urquhart

As Turner lay dying, he asked to see sunlight. Renoir demanded a pencil. For many artists, the final chapter is the most creative

Health / November/December 2020

How to Vaccinate a Planet

September 15, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Danielle Groen

What it will take to build the fastest inoculation program in history and defeat COVID-19

A man holds up a protest sign that says "Wake up we're dying."

Health

The Pandemic Is Intensifying the Opioid Crisis

September 14, 2020September 17, 2020 - by Alexandra Harvey

Public health measures meant to contain COVID-19 have caused a spike in overdose-related deaths

Photo of the poet, George Amabile, wearing a sun hat and looking toward the sky. The photo is in black and white; the background is various shades of green.

Poetry

Withershins

September 11, 2020 - by George Amabile

It was good to be unfounded again, without / vestiges there in the dark

Photograph of children's handprints in multicoloured paint on a textured black wall.

Environment

The Kids Are Mad as Hell

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Hana Shafi

Climate change is stealing their future. But their activism gives me hope

September/October 2020

Sisters: A Complicated Love Story

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Jamila Noritz Reyes

Through my photography, I explore how my siblings and I have shaped one another

Illustration of a cluster of crumpled newspapers, out of which protrudes a person's arm and two legs. The background is blue and yellow checkers.

Memoir / September/October 2020

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

September 8, 2020January 4, 2021 - by Russell Smith

The AI of the internet determines what’s relevant. One day, it decided my work wasn’t

A photo of the poet, Shane Book, who stares at the camera with a serious expression. Behind him is a purple background in three shades, from light to dark.

Poetry / September/October 2020

I Know I’ve Reached Peak Shane

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 - by Shane Book

I have a great LeBron face / for you

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Month: September 2020

What’s Mine Is Yours

What Frogs Can Teach Us about the State of the World

How Creativity Changes as We Age

How to Vaccinate a Planet

The Pandemic Is Intensifying the Opioid Crisis

Withershins

The Kids Are Mad as Hell

Sisters: A Complicated Love Story

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

I Know I’ve Reached Peak Shane

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