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July/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…

Comics / July/August 2012

Going Once

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Jason Sherman

This appeared in the July/August 2012 issue.

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Books / July/August 2012

From the Middle East, but No Longer of It

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

Journalists Nahlah Ayed and Kamal Al-Solaylee publish culturally informed memoirs criticizing the rise of political Islam in their ancestral homelands

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Illustration by Stefanie Ayoub
Arts & Culture / July/August 2012

Double Vision

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Emily Landau

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

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Photography by John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Environment / July/August 2012

Ship Spotting

July 12, 2012July 17, 2019 - by Claudia Goodine

Will the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan’s bid to increase oil tanker traffic sink Vancouver’s green ambitions?

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First Person / July/August 2012

London Calling

July 12, 2012July 6, 2017 - by James Chatto

An expat considers his hometown—and whom he will cheer for at the Olympics

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July/August 2012 / Poetry

Aw ya, cabelleros y caballeras, rancheros y rancheras, it’s time for a little polling data about everybody’s favourite subject: Canadian literature!

July 12, 2012July 20, 2017 - by David McGimpsey

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 …

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July/August 2012 / Poetry

Topped by a half-pound of maple bacon personally cured by all the members of Nickelback

July 12, 2012July 20, 2017 - by David McGimpsey

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 …

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July/August 2012 / Poetry

A la mémoire de moi-meme et M. De Fenouillet et la burger «W» chez Wendy’s

July 12, 2012July 20, 2017 - by David McGimpsey

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 …

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Fiction / July/August 2012

Kikwaakew

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Joseph Boyden

Cutting through the bush is tough on him this morning. No packed trails to follow, and in the shadows the snow’s deep. He’s not felt fear in a while, him. …

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July/August 2012 / Poetry

Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est 100$ pour voir Bon Iver

July 12, 2012July 20, 2017 - by David McGimpsey

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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