The Piñata
They came to see the piñata. The piñata hung from a crane and swayed with a swollen gut of newspaper and paste. They listened as the piñata creaked like a …
Read MoreSeptember 2009
Helen Humphreys reenacts the Battle of the Plains of Abraham; Timothy Taylor describes the efforts of progressive Sikh youth in their communities; Charles Foran visits the settings of Alice Munro’s life and books; John MacLachlan Gray gets a hip replacement; fiction by Zsuzsi Gartner…
I As In Justice
Just this: Consider that you are here and there Is a bar or six at the window and you are dying To escape. And on the television The operatic Which …
Read MoreAlmost Grown
Paul Merrick thinks Vancouver is finally outgrowing its architectural adolescence
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Point of No Return
Making Canadian television drama worth watching remains a challenge
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Summer of the Flesh Eater
Understand that pity is not what we’re looking for. We are men, we remind each other as often as we can, and we must bear that burden
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