Invasion of the Ticks

A close-up photo of a tick perched on a large green leaf

Science / September/October 2020

July 21, 2020September 9, 2020 - by Stephanie Nolen

Inside the quest to track one of humanity’s tiniest deadly predators

Illustration of white and blue light trails, in the vague shape of a person, against a black background.

Fiction / July/August 2020

The Ones We Carry With Us

July 20, 2020July 23, 2020 - by Sara O'Leary

Here’s the thing I now know about dying. It looks like almost anything else

A photo of the poet, John Barton, who is wearing a collared shirt and resting his chin in his hand. He is smiling at the camera and has a moustache and round glasses.

July/August 2020 / Poetry

School of Xerez Fino

July 17, 2020 - by John Barton

Mirror balls, matches, condoms, sweat-raw limbs / Shedding shirts, shedding disco

Black and white photo of a group of newspaper carriers wearing masks.

Health / September/October 2020

The Spanish Flu Rewrote History. Will This Pandemic Do the Same?

July 16, 2020June 6, 2022 - by Simon Lewsen

Disease magnifies inequality, brings social turmoil, and offers a shot at meaningful change

Fiction / Memoir / Poetry

Summer Reading 2020

July 16, 2020July 20, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

New fiction, memoir, and poetry for the times we live in

Illustration of a Black boy with a book open in front of him. Rising from the pages are small characters engaged in a protest.

Justice / Society

Untelling the Story of Race

July 15, 2020May 21, 2022 - by Joshua Sealy-Harrington

In the face of white supremacy, Black writers respond with narratives of resistance

A photograph of the exterior of a bookstore at nighttime. Inside, the store is lit and the shelves are full.

Business

How COVID-19 Infected the Publishing Industry

July 14, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Stephen Henighan

The pandemic has pushed booksellers and publishers to the brink

An illustration of a classroom, in which a teacher erases a blackboard. A Black student is seated in front of the board and the student's head is also being erased by the chalkboard eraser.

Society

Stop Whitewashing Our National History

July 13, 2020October 13, 2020 - by Tayo Bero

Canada likes to brand itself as tolerant, multicultural, and benevolent. Black communities know that’s not true

A black-and-white photo of the poet, Eric Ormsby, who is a white-haired man wearing glasses and a collared shirt. The background is blue.

July/August 2020 / Poetry

Lord Mayor Magpie

July 10, 2020 - by Eric Ormsby

There he waltzes, / this debonair / line dancer in mid-air

Illustration of a hand, palm-up, with bright lines drawn across it in light.

Fiction / July/August 2020

Lottery Poetry

July 9, 2020July 10, 2020 - by Kevin Chong

No business felt more ridiculous, in those spring days of the pandemic, than fortune-telling did

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