June, 2021 | The Walrus

July/August 2021 / Poetry

Spirit at Summer’s End

June 18, 2021 - by Roo Borson

At any given moment / something rare and exact / will have happened here

A man, in the background and mostly out of frame, holds a large guitar. A smaller man in the foreground stands at the start of a curvy golden path, drawn in place of the strings of the guitar, which leads to a dandelion in the distance.

Fiction / July/August 2021

Private Hands

June 16, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Michael LaPointe

My job title was personal assistant, but all my duties pertained to Harvey’s collection. Provenance was everything. A purchase had to be like a royal marriage, the lineage assured

Above: Hands holding up a soccer ball. Below: Hands holding up phones

Sports

When Sports Fans Change the Game

June 16, 2021January 20, 2023 - by Shireen Ahmed

Equal pay across genders, renaming racist teams—owners are finally listening and boardrooms will never be the same

A Black man embraces a Black woman who is sitting on a kitchen countertop. The woman is looking at the camera.

July/August 2021

The Way We Were

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 - by Jorian Charlton

Artist Jorian Charlton on the meaning of the Black family photo album and the essential nature of these archives

Photograph of pink flowers in a black ceramic vase on a shabby concrete floor.

July/August 2021 / Memoir

On Aging Alone

June 14, 2021May 21, 2022 - by Sharon Butala

In old age, I had to come to terms with the loneliness I’d felt all my life

An illustration of a bunch of green speech bubbles on a pale blue background.

July/August 2021 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: July/Aug 2021

June 14, 2021January 6, 2022 - by Readers

On the value of small talk, how CERB fails sex workers, the clean-energy transition, and more

News about The Walrus

The Walrus Wins Multiple Awards at the 2021 National Magazine Awards

June 11, 2021July 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

The awards cap off a day of recognition at two award ceremonies

News about The Walrus

The Walrus Wins Best Feature Article at the 2021 Digital Publishing Awards

June 11, 2021July 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees

July/August 2021 / Poetry

Dream Fragment

June 11, 2021July 21, 2022 - by Steven Heighton

Who among us up here / wouldn’t want his love, her love / to carry a trace that clear

Technology

The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn

June 10, 2021November 9, 2023 - by Maggie MacDonald

Discussions around deepfakes have focused on their political danger. But revenge porn and IP theft are the more pressing threats

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Month: June 2021

Spirit at Summer’s End

Private Hands

When Sports Fans Change the Game

On Aging Alone

The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn

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