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Charles Foran

Charles Foran teaches the contemporary Irish novel at the University of Toronto. His new book, Planet Lolita, comes out in May.
Black and white photo of Leonard Cohen.
Arts & Culture

Leonard Cohen’s Afterlife

November 14, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Charles Foran

A posthumous collection, finished days before his death, reveals the artist at his most intimate

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Man in front of trees
April 2014 / Feature

Revision Quest

April 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Joseph Boyden set out to explore his First Nations roots. What he discovered has changed the national conversation

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Illustration by Roxanna Bikadoroff
Books / March 2013

End of Story

January 29, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Charles Foran

The heroic narrative of CanLit was already history. The closure of Douglas & McIntyre is merely punctuation

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Illustration by Raymond Biesinger
Books / June 2011

Supersized

June 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Charles Foran

How Mordecai Richler taught a generation of writers to think big

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April 2011 / First Person

Yesterday’s Canadian

April 12, 2011June 24, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Letting go of the French-English duality

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January/February 2010 / Television

Bloodletting

January 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Vincent Lam’s miraculous book goes under the knife for television

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Photography by Christopher Wahl
Feature / September 2009

Alice in Borderland

September 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Charles Foran

A trip through Munro country, where the writer became herself

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Books / December 2008

The Last of the Wild Jews

December 12, 2008October 14, 2019 - by Charles Foran

Is it the end of an era for Jewish-American writing?

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Books / December 2008

Review: Entitlement

December 12, 2008July 5, 2017 - by Charles Foran

Brideshead Revisited and the Flyte to Canada

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Film / October 2007

The Adaptation of Mordecai Richler

October 12, 2007October 15, 2019 - by Charles Foran

More than thirty years after publication, St. Urbain’s Horseman finally hits the screen

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