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Lauren Tamaki

Lauren Tamaki (@laurentamaki) has drawn for the New York Times, GQ, and Toronto Life.
An illustration of the writer, Margaret Atwood, in profile. She is facing the right and has a halo of wild, curly hair.
Arts & Culture / December 2019

The Making of Margaret Atwood

November 18, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

An oral history of the writer’s journey from student poet to cultural prophet

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Person whose top of head is a flower
Fiction / July/August 2018

Upholstery

July 24, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Mrs. Naimer would swim the whole way across the lake and back, a feat everyone on the beach ignored on purpose

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A women sticking her face in a flower
Fiction / July/August 2018

The Second Coming of the Plants

July 20, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Hear the piercing chorus of the cacti, the beat boxing of the giant redwoods. This is our lullaby for you, sprouts, and only you

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Statue with a series of flowers sticking out of it
Fiction

Tax Niʔ Pik̓ak (A Long Time Ago)

June 21, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Ka titi had been alive longer than most of the people on the reserve. She remembered when David Thompson arrived in Ktunaxa ʔamak̓is

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Illustration by Lauren Tamaki
Books

Living In Between Fat and Thin

August 4, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

In a society where size means everything, we are constantly negotiating to fit in

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Illustration by Lauren Tamaki
April 2017 / Feature

What I Learned from a Fitting-Room Disaster about Clothes and Life

March 24, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

I still shop to save my soul, but I know now that what you wear is ephemeral—it’s insecurities that last a lifetime

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Illustration by Lauren Tamaki
December 2016 / Feature

Whose Side Are You On, Anyway?

November 16, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Meet the women who hate feminism

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Illustration by Lauren Tamaki
Cities / July/August 2016

Map Quest

June 17, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Getting lost on the California coast, with the help of a TripTik

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December 2011 / Politics

Editor’s Note

December 17, 2011April 13, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Lauren Tamaki In his last years as prime minister, Pierre Trudeau criss-crossed the globe on a mission. Having spent much of his first twelve years in office trying to bridge …

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December 2011 / Society

Remote Control

December 12, 2011April 19, 2020 - by Lauren Tamaki

Alcoholics Anonymous is now more accessible than ever. But will the Internet compromise the brand?

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Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, Indigenous-led camp in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

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