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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Many Shades of Invisible
In his new book, Kamal Al-Solaylee explores the powerlessness of having brown skin
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Be a Little Crazy
Can you teach people to write?
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You Should Care about My Life
The first-person pronoun isn’t trivial—it’s essential
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A Letter to Leonard Cohen
The Walrus’ poetry editor explains how the rhythms of a poem smooth the roughness of a life
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