January, 2025 | The Walrus

A photo of writer Scott Oake with his son Bruce

Memoir

I Lost My Son to Addiction. No, Privilege Didn’t Protect Him

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 - by Scott Oake

He had a loving family, financial support, and the best treatment. He fell victim to an overdose anyway

Quiz

Weekly Quiz: Hard-Core Climate Talk, Weird Wellness Trends, and How Biden Blew It

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 - by The Walrus

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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Part 6: Why Do We Travel?
Because Nature is Everywhere

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

From Mexico to Miami to Montreal, wild flora and fauna break through concrete and reach for the sun, writes Caitlin Stall-Paquet. For humanity, it’s a reminder of how life persists without us

Books

The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Rachel Gerry

Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window

An illustrated portrait of Brontez Purnell, largely in brown, black, yellow, and bronze

Books

Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time

January 24, 2025January 23, 2025 - by Connor Garel

Brontez Purnell’s work burns with a frantic blend of lyricism and lewdness, desire and disgust

A man sitting in a sauna looks disgruntled as other patrons enjoy the spa beside him.

Health

Schvitzing at the Sauna like a Sucker

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 - by Josh Greenblatt

Can Othership and other urban bathhouses really cure loneliness?

December 2024 / Poetry

The Friend’s Dog

January 23, 2025January 22, 2025 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

we think she has, until she yawns once, / gives an almost whistled sigh

News about The Walrus

A Personal Journey Through Holocaust History

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 - by The Walrus Staff

Best-selling author Timothy Taylor uncovers his family’s hidden past in a new podcast

Paid Post / Podcasts

Au coeur de l’Arctique: Le Canada, l’OTAN et la défense du Nord

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 3/Episode 5 – French Transcript

Paid Post / Podcasts

Frozen Frontiers: Canada, NATO, and the Defense of the North

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 3/Episode 5 – English Transcript

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Month: January 2025

Weekly Quiz: Hard-Core Climate Talk, Weird Wellness Trends, and How Biden Blew It

The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction

Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time

Schvitzing at the Sauna like a Sucker

A Personal Journey Through Holocaust History

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