From the Middle East, but No Longer of It
Journalists Nahlah Ayed and Kamal Al-Solaylee publish culturally informed memoirs criticizing the rise of political Islam in their ancestral homelands
Read MoreJuly/August 2012
Margaret Atwood, Joseph Boyden, and Heather O’Neill revisit characters we have loved—or loved to hate; Alex Hutchinson explains how pushing the limits of brain science could bring Canadian marathoners Olympic glory; Sarah Milroy explores the evolving artists’ community in Cape Dorset, Nunavut…
Going Once
This appeared in the July/August 2012 issue.
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As vast as the vastlands of this vast land, poet, are you to yonder skies,breads, and local cheeses
I am grateful for libraries (iPad) and poetry (iPad). Lorca’s line “La Clooney del bello Jorge sigue…” is where George Clooney got his stage name. Many tried to be the …
Read More Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est 100$ pour voir Bon Iver
Oddsmakers ask, what will happen sooner: will a Canadian team win the Stanley Cup, or will Canadians develop a new interest in the novels of Robertson Davies? The unmalled parts …
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Double Vision
Poet Pauline Johnson enthralled Victorian theatregoers with a stereotype-smashing spin on her Mohawk-English heritage. Along the way, she became Canada’s first postmodern celebrity
Read More A la mémoire de moi-meme et M. De Fenouillet et la burger «W» chez Wendy’s
Far from the Fina gas station of your youth, not teaching in that New England College dreamt of in grad school, walking Jean Talon, looking for a reasonable soup, you’re …
Read More Topped by a half-pound of maple bacon personally cured by all the members of Nickelback
The first great Canadian burger was made by Alberta poet Krane MacPherson, who always claimed his secret ingredient was the salty winter tears of a teacher. MacPherson died in a …
Read More Aw ya, cabelleros y caballeras, rancheros y rancheras, it’s time for a little polling data about everybody’s favourite subject: Canadian literature!
The luckiest character in CanLit has to be David from Earle Birney’s “David,” because David would be safely dead before having to read Earle Birney’s “David.” The most beloved character …
Read MoreLondon Calling
An expat considers his hometown—and whom he will cheer for at the Olympics
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