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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…

Illustration by Paul Kim
July/August 2011 / Music

Back to the Future

July 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Andre Mayer

Junior Boys are reinventing synth-pop for the digital age

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Comics / July/August 2011

May Day

July 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Jason Sherman

North America’s first Green member goes to Parliament

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Photograph by Jessica Eaton
Fiction / July/August 2011

The Cat

July 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Sarah Selecky

I am not at all surprised that my father has come back to earth in the form of a grey and white cat. It suits him. Though I do feel …

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Fiction / July/August 2011

The Rules of Engagement

July 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Alexi Zentner

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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July/August 2011 / Poetry

The Performer Speaks to Her Perfect Apprentice Beneath the Arches

July 12, 2011July 20, 2017 - by Damian Rogers

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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Photograph by Gaël Turine
July/August 2011 / Sports

The Pain Principle

July 12, 2011May 7, 2017 - by Richard Poplak

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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Illustration by Dushan Milic
July/August 2011 / Politics

The Biggest Losers

July 12, 2011July 16, 2019 - by Warren Kinsella

A long-time Liberal strategist explains the defeat of the once-mighty Grits

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July/August 2011 / Photography

Portraits of the War

July 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Joanne Tod

Remembering the Canadians lost in the Afghanistan war

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