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A black and white photo of a geometric metal teapot, which has a body shaped like a diamond.

Inside the world of evaluating, and pursuing, rare art objects

Illustration of three pairs of hockey players in full gear, embracing one another and smiling.

Sports

Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player?

January 12, 2021March 25, 2021 - by Alex Manley

In hockey culture, male aggression is valorized while any weakness, real or perceived, is weaponized

An illustration of the road from prisons to freedom. At the bottom is guards, fences, police cards. As the people make their way to the top of the road, locks on their wrists begin to be cut off and they are released freely into an open field

January/February 2021 / Visual Art

Looking Ahead to 2021

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Four illustrators share their hopes for themselves and the world

Text that reads "Taking Action against Injustice, New Year's Resolutions," on a red background with blue polkadots

Arts & Culture / Justice / Politics

New Year’s Resolutions: Taking Action against Injustice

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Anti-Black racism persists across industries, and addressing it requires proactive, ongoing work

Arts & Culture

The Writers Leading the Nonfiction Revolution

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 - by Myra Bloom

A new wave of experimental writing sees racialized authors forging their own literary tradition

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Music

Do You Have a Musical Guilty Pleasure? Claim It

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 - by Chilly Gonzales

Why Chilly Gonzales believes Enya has the voice of an angel

The cover of "Working in the Bathtub," which depicts the writer, Dany Laferrière, lying in a bathtub fully clothed.

Arts & Culture / Books

Stop Calling Racialized Writers “Raw”

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 - by Adnan Khan

There’s a burden on writers of colour to tell stories of trauma. Authors like Dany Laferrière refuse to play along

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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2021

Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020

December 7, 2020January 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year

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Arts & Culture

Hope Is Good. Disappointment Is Better

November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 - by Steven Heighton

What the best novels teach us about the virtues of disillusionment

November/December 2020 / Visual Art

My Mum and Mister Rogers

November 3, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Cinders McLeod

Fred Rogers believed everybody was somebody. A box of lost letters tells the story of how he helped my mother believe in herself too