Editor’s Letter: Indulging Our Love of Words

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July/August 2023

Editor’s Letter: Indulging Our Love of Words

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 - by Carmine Starnino

Pleasure is the only organizing principle of the fiction and poetry we publish

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Memoir

How to Fit into the Publishing World

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 - by Annahid Dashtgard

When I went on tour for my last book, I faced constant reminders that I didn’t belong

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Politics

The Downside of Celebrating Trump’s Legal Woes

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 - by KC Hoard

It’s fun to bask in the failures of people like Trump. But what does that actually accomplish?

July/August 2023 / Poetry

Map

August 2, 2023March 7, 2025 - by Phillip Crymble

Together—in our solitudes—we’d throw the last / few bundles in the hatchback—cruise the boulevards

July/August 2023 / Poetry

Bird Brain

August 2, 2023August 1, 2023 - by Daniel Scott Tysdal

Perched on / the tips of my fingers, they watch me with chest-puffed / caution or cap-tilted curiosity

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Politics

Olivia Chow Won the Battle for Toronto. Can She Win the War?

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 - by David Moscrop

The new mayor will have to convince Torontonians to invest in their city—yes, taxes—after years of austerity conditioning

Fiction / July/August 2023 / Poetry

Summer Reading 2023

August 2, 2023August 13, 2024 - by The Walrus Staff

Sizzling new fiction and poetry to enjoy in the sun

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Books / September/October 2023

Is a Life Lived through Art Really Lived at All?

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 - by Ariella Garmaise

The questions posed in Patrick deWitt’s The Librarianist feel personal and existential

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Media

The Inescapable Rise of Moral Superiority

July 31, 2023January 8, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Why does every online discussion terminate in ethical grandstanding?

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