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Memoir / Society

Diary of a Black High School Student

February 10, 2022April 30, 2022 - by Habiba Cooper Diallo

A teen chronicles the subtle and not-so-subtle forms of racism in the classroom and beyond

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Books

Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory

February 1, 2022April 22, 2022 - by Sarah Raughley

What does it mean to navigate the fact that it took a Black person’s death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?

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Announcement / News about The Walrus

The Walrus Announces the Justice Fund Writer in Residence

December 10, 2021May 12, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Justice Fund Toronto and The Walrus are pleased to announce the appointment of Julia-Simone Rutgers as Writer in Residence

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News about The Walrus

The Walrus Announces the Justice Fund Writing Residency for Emerging Black Journalists

August 24, 2021May 12, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Applications are now open for writers seeking to gain more experience in journalism

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First Person / Society

The Pressure to Describe My “Background”

March 24, 2020June 10, 2021 - by Eternity Martis

As a Black child in a brown family, I had to learn how to define my identity in a new way

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Arts & Culture / Books

The Challenge of Addressing Slavery in Children’s Stories

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 - by Donna Bailey Nurse

Where history has ignored the lives of Black Canadians, writers like Christopher Paul Curtis have turned painful realities into powerful narratives

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Our Summer Reading double issue, featuring fiction from Ian Williams, Sarah Totton, and Jay Teitel and poetry from Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin, Susan Musgrave, and Terese Mason Pierre.

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