December 2021

Comic panel of a triceratops at work at an office job and on the subway.

December 2021 / Science

Ask a DNA Expert: What Would It Take to Bring Back the Dinosaurs?

December 10, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Hendrik Poinar

Scientists have cloned an endangered species. Some wonder if there could be a real-life Jurassic Park

Greyscale photograph of Bruce Taylor against a blue background.

December 2021 / Poetry

I’ve Had a Good Life. I’ve Been Water-Skiing

December 9, 2021 - by Bruce Taylor

Was all of this enough? / I won a game, I won a game again

Illustration of a woman reading a long scroll as a man continues writing on it with a feather-tipped quill.

Books / December 2021

The New Pamphleteers: Why One Publisher Is Betting on Short Books with Big Ideas

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 - by Mark Abley

Biblioasis’s new series tries to incite debate and fill a hole in the publishing landscape

Collage of a Chevrolet Impala in red superimposed on a grayscale photo of an empty country road.

December 2021 / Fiction

The Mission

November 30, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Saint Mary’s River coldly wrought the edge of the Mission to the north, blocking its expansion toward the reserve’s hoodoos

An illustration of a masked person delivering a package to a masked person

December 2021

Editor’s Letter: Is Pandemic Tech Here to Stay?

November 29, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

Switching to remote communications may have felt inevitable, but that doesn’t mean the transition has been smooth

Illustration of a woman testifying in court over zoom. She has placed a sticky note over one of the faces onscreen.

December 2021 / Justice

My Day in Zoom Court: Virtual Trials Are a Better Option for Sexual Assault Survivors

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021 - by Sophia Watson (pseudonym)

Tradition dictates that perpetrators and victims must meet in court. COVID-19 showed that wasn’t necessary

A photo of poet Molly Peacock against a red background

December 2021 / Poetry

Today My Task Is the Codicil

November 23, 2021 - by Molly Peacock

I’ve had my pomegranate life. / Seeds sluicing red . . . Rose affection

An illustration of a bunch of blue speech bubbles on a violet background.

December 2021 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: December 2021

November 22, 2021January 6, 2022 - by Readers

On scientific integrity, access to abortion services, and the many threats facing Canada’s wild salmon

Illustration of a pigeon flying over farmland.

December 2021 / Science

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

November 19, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Trevor Popoff

You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists

Black and white portrait of Kayla Czaga against a green background.

December 2021 / Poetry

Coho

November 18, 2021 - by Kayla Czaga

My father knelt down at the river’s edge / to unhook it. He cupped it in his palms

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Ask a DNA Expert: What Would It Take to Bring Back the Dinosaurs?

The New Pamphleteers: Why One Publisher Is Betting on Short Books with Big Ideas

The Mission

Editor’s Letter: Is Pandemic Tech Here to Stay?

My Day in Zoom Court: Virtual Trials Are a Better Option for Sexual Assault Survivors

Today My Task Is the Codicil

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

Coho

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