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In a photo illustration, a man wearing a suit holds up a child in a black-and white photograph. The background is made up of scraps of documents, some handwritten, others typed.
March/April 2025 / Memoir

Nazi Persecution Scattered My Family. A Lost Archive Brought Us Together

January 27, 2025January 28, 2025 - by Timothy Taylor

How 10,000 pages of documents sent me on a journey through Germany’s dark past

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I Lost My Son to Addiction. No, Privilege Didn’t Protect Him

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He had a loving family, financial support, and the best treatment. He fell victim to an overdose anyway

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From Mexico to Miami to Montreal, wild flora and fauna break through concrete and reach for the sun, writes Caitlin Stall-Paquet. For humanity, it’s a reminder of how life persists without us

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Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window

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Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time

January 24, 2025January 23, 2025 - by Connor Garel

Brontez Purnell’s work burns with a frantic blend of lyricism and lewdness, desire and disgust

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Schvitzing at the Sauna like a Sucker

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Can Othership and other urban bathhouses really cure loneliness?

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The Friend’s Dog

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we think she has, until she yawns once, / gives an almost whistled sigh

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It’s moments like this that reaffirm the mission of The Walrus. We take pride in continuing to provide independent journalism you can trust. We pledge to keep delivering the full story: the research, context, and analysis needed to make sense of such a hurried and momentous news cycle.

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