July/August 2011
Fiction by Sarah Selecky, Kathleen Winter, and Alexi Zentner; Joanne Tod’s portraits of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan; Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella analyzes his party’s defeat; Richard Poplak profiles cyclist Ryder Hesjedal; Andre Mayer explains how Junior Boys are reinventing synth-pop…
Editor’s Note
In March 2010, Marian Botsford Fraser wrote an article for The Walrus about an aboriginal woman named Renée Acoby whose troubles began when, shortly after her birth, her father murdered …
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Madame Poirer’s Dog
When Doctor Gisele came this morning to assess me again, she asked me to name an animal that has four legs. I told her a snake. Honestly. Why does Residence …
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The Scarborough Bluffs
You will not find me among the women of the earth, Their hair wound up in buns upon their heads, And goosebumped legs bridged above the bath— I am not …
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The Rules of Engagement
For a man who made his living seducing women, Fork wasn’t particularly good in bed. Susan and her friends, Lindy and Mai-Lin—women she’d known for a decade, known since high …
Read MoreThe Performer Speaks to Her Perfect Apprentice Beneath the Arches
Jillian Tamaki We asked five celebrated writers to devise five guidelines for composing a short story or poem. They all traded lists—and played by the rules. Five rules by Michael …
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The Pain Principle
Cyclist Ryder Hesjedal is one of the best athletes in Canada. Can he suffer enough to become the best in the world?
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Exorcism at Ground Zero∂
In New York, young Americans celebrate the end of a ten-year nightmare
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