Walden Pond Revisited
THADDEUS Holownia, an artist and professor of fine arts in Sackville, New Brunswick, has always been interested in the American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. From 1845 to 1847, Thoreau lived …
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You Go First
Carl the cremator lived next door—Carl and his big wife, Brenda, who was allergic to the sun, the outdoors, anything at all that required getting off the couch. We would …
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Gained in Translation
Most novelists who are fortunate enough to have had their novels translated into other languages are also fortunate that they are unable to read those languages. I have a closet …
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The Bookbinder
Unlike the bowyer or the cooper, the bookbinder still performs a necessary function
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The Beauty in Beasts
There are endless stories in a little piece of fabric
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Stopping the Presses
harare—It is disconcerting to visit a newspaper with no newsroom, but surreal experiences are not uncommon in Zimbabwe. Take The Daily News: when I was there in early February, the …
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Non-Profit Mercenaries
london—I knew right away he was the man I had arranged to meet. It was the way he stood – ramrod straight – making his open-necked polo shirt and khaki …
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Censorship: The Next Generation
Miles away from the front lines of the Culture War, a longer-running and far more blatant encroachment on free expression by the Bush Administration was barely being noticed
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Slippery Slopes
It was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid temperatures forced many to move their cattle inside. Then, unexpectedly, a deep and sudden …
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A Dandy for Our Times
Jean Cocteau dined, fought, or collaborated with anyone who was anyone in avant-garde Paris. But his own art was ignored, dismissed as the work of a frivolous queen. A new retrospective hopes to change that
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