First Dibs on the 21st Century

Politics / September 2004

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Ken Alexander

THE FIRST Canadian federal-election campaign of the 21st century hung Parliament, focused on the near past, and was devoid of big ideas. There was no grand design on offer: free …

Poetry / September 2004

I’m Going to Read Three Poems

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Robert Kroetsch

Before I read this first poem I should tell you that my paternal grandfather had a gold pocket watch with a lid over the watch’s face. In his later years …

Books / September 2004

Spin Alert

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Ira Basen

Is an increasingly powerful public relations industry controlling the news?

Memoir / September 2004

Killing Dinner

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Gail Singer

Adventures of a reluctant huntress

September 2004

Tortured Civilizations: Islam and the West

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Tariq Ali

In the brutal aftermath of the war on Iraq, a genuine clash of civilizations has emerged. Could it have been avoided?

Arts & Culture / September 2004

Primate Portraits

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Jill Greenberg

Portrait photographer Jill Greenberg has a successful career shooting celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood for the likes of Entertainment Weekly, Maxim, Vanity Fair, and Time. In 2001, …

Poetry / September 2004

Untitled

September 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Nicole Brossard

where life has new words for soul and muscles about to and voices about to and desire about to there is always a surplus of meanings to absorb the curve …

September 2004

Front Man

September 12, 2004October 31, 2019 - by Andrew Mitrovica

Grant Bristow kept silent for almost ten years about his controversial work as a CSIS spy in Canada’s neo-Nazi movement. Now, finally, he’s ready to tell his side of the story