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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.
Books / March 2007

An American Type of Sadness

March 12, 2007October 16, 2019 - by Charles Foran

US writers keep mining our stuff-packed, consumerist world. Why do Canadians prefer to keep things tidy?

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Two people look out at a room-sized model in the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum shows what central Shanghai will look like in 2020.
November 2006

A Resonant Boom

November 12, 2006May 31, 2021 - by Charles Foran

How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.

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Books / October 2006

The Paradox of Paradise

October 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Charles Foran

Adventures in Waynejohnstonland

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Hamner Drive (2002)
Books / March 2006

It’s a Porn World After All

March 12, 2006October 14, 2019 - by Charles Foran

Commercial concupiscence consumes global culture

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December 2005/January 2006 / Media

Literary Landscapes: A Novel Approach

December 12, 2005May 20, 2020 - by Charles Foran

On the road with Noah Richler

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July/August 2005 / Society

The New Word Order

July 12, 2005May 7, 2020 - by Charles Foran

hong kong—Imagine this seating chart for a dinner at a literary festival in Hong Kong. A Chinese-American novelist sits next to an English author of Indian extraction. To his right, …

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Infographic describing european history and politics
Books / July/August 2005

A Civilizing Influence

July 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Tariq Ali’s Islam Quintet paints a softer face on the historical interactions between Muslims and the West

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two moons on a pale yellow sheet
Books / May 2005

The Life Quixotic

May 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again

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Books / March 2005

The Bonfire Is Out

March 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Illustration by Courtney Wotherspoon books by tom wolfe discussed in this essay: I Am Charlotte Simmons HarperCollins (2004) 676 pp., $37.95 Hooking Up Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2000) 293 pp., …

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Books / December 2004/January 2005

Burning Man

December 12, 2004May 4, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Books discussed in this essay An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 320 pp., $36 Buddha by Karen Armstrong Penguin 205 …

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