From Sir, With Love
Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where author Wayne Johnston is a “distinguished professor of creative writing.” / Image courtesy of Hollins University roanoke, virginia—I was recently offered and accepted a …
Read MoreDecember 2004/January 2005
Wendy Dennis ponders the realities of modern marriage; Andrea Mandel-Campbell warns that Canada may be losing its claim to the North; Ahmet Sel photographs the people of Kabul; Paul Webster sounds an alarm about fire retardants; Donna Morrissey remembers a snowy drive with her father . . .
A Very Civil War
Clinging perilously to a minority government, Prime Minister Paul Martin is trying to articulate a vision that will knit Canadians together and push the Liberals to majority status in the …
Read MoreMidnight in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his home, Novo-Ogaryovo. / Photograph by Dmitry Lekay/Kommersant moscow—When he’s in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin lives in a forested compound complete with stables and …
Read MoreTime Machine
Open Shutter (2001–2004) by German photographer Michael Wesely / Image courtesy of the artist “This photograph is telling the story of constructing the new Museum of Modern Art in New …
Read MoreThe Wilcox Manuscripts
Père Murray teaching a class at Notre Dame library in Saskatchewan, c.1950. / Image courtesy of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Archives wilcox, saskatchewan—Here are a few things you’ll …
Read MoreA Truthful Mind
Above and the following three pages: George W. Bush, Harken Energy, and Jackson Stephens, ca. 1979–90 (5th Version) (1999) / Images courtesy of Independent Curators International, New York, and the …
Read MoreAn Israeli’s Life
Author Gilad Grossman (centre) with his mother and brothers Amit (left) and Ari (right), in Gesher Haziv kibbutz. /Courtesy of Gilad Grossman herzliya, israel—Here I sit, in the heat and …
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