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…
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 …
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The 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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The Biggest Losers
A long-time Liberal strategist explains the defeat of the once-mighty Grits
Read MorePortraits of the War
Remembering the Canadians lost in the Afghanistan war
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