Running the Road to Nowhere
Plenty of Canadians see the North as either a dollar-sucking wasteland or a pristine emptiness. Either way, they’re wrong
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The Boyden Controversy Is Not about Bloodline
I’ve known a dozen non-Natives who’ve earned a place in our community
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The Best Canadian Poet You’ve Never Heard Of
Two new books put M. Travis Lane in the spotlight
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Part 1
She says he raped her. He says he never touched her. At least one of them is lying
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Don’t Call it Men’s Rights
Justin Trottier’s tough battle to reinvent a creepy movement
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Can You Trust Your Dictionary?
The Canadian Oxford can be a writer’s best friend—if they understand its limitations
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Bring on the Flood
Feel like we are on the brink of an apocalypse? Sanctuary can be found in the perverse allure of dystopias
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Reflections on Two Years as Walrus Poetry Editor
When reading submissions, I listened for a voice that sounded singular
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Why Is Joseph Boyden’s Indigenous Identity Being Questioned?
Attacking a man’s racial composition is never an entirely benign exercise
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Why Steven Galloway May Get His Job Back
UBC was quick to fire their controversial creative writing chair.
But Canadian labour law seems to be on his side
