Crucible of Grief
Elie Wiesel gave me a renewed faith in the survival of the Jewish people–with or without God’s help, with or without God
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The Passions of Austin Clarke: 1934–2016
One of Canada’s foundational writers dies at eighty-one
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The Brexit Fix-it
How an obscure forty-year-old Canadian thriller might help alleviate a global crisis
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Working-Class Hero
Horror made Stephen King rich. Writing about the poor makes him great
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The Ivory Twitter
How a Shakespeare professor accidentally revolutionized academic criticism
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How First Nations Became a Prop for White Activists
The modern myth of the “Magical Aboriginal” is distorting our national conversation
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Poetry Slam
Cowardly critics and bad art—a Canadian codependency
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The Outlier
With her new book of poetry, Alexandra Oliver stands apart
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Saying Too Much
Madeleine Thien’s ambitious novel explores the perils of bearing witness
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Painful Sympathies
A poet tackles one of Canada’s most brutal race crimes
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