July/August 2009
Fiction by Stephen Marche, Lee Henderson, Rivka Galchen, and Joseph Boyden; John Lorinc examines the recovery efforts of Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney; Christopher Frey describes the rise of Pentecostalism in Africa; Nick Fraser analyzes the value of European unity…
Decomposing Bodies
What’s the greenest way to dispose of human remains?
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Louis Slotin You Will Not Turn Forty (after Ted Hughes)
At your fortieth birthday, on a moonlit beach, One of your guests is late. You save a plate. A place is clean and set Amid the after–dinner mess. Why are …
Read MoreThe Merchant Banker
Is the recession really over? A profile of Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney
Read MoreOn Hugh MacLennan’s Watch
Hugh MacLennan’s bestseller The Watch That Ends the Night turns fifty
Read MoreNiagara Falls, 1840
How academics found the first photograph to be taken in Canada
Read MoreHead and Heart
Director Robert Carsen brings a Canadian temperament to the world’s great opera houses
Read MoreGrand Slam Chief
Does Phil Fontaine have what it takes to lead the First Nations’ next generation?
Read MoreReal Estate
The admittedly pretty rundown townhouse would sell better if the place could be shown and delivered essentially vacant. That had been the notion. The building’s good bones would be made …
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