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The wry, furious novel gives the overlooked daughter of an egotistical writer a voice

Poetry

20 Years of The Walrus: Poetry

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Karen Solie, Eric Ormsby, and Michael Fraser are just some of the fine poets who have appeared in our pages

Fiction

20 Years of The Walrus: Fiction

September 15, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Novel excerpts and short stories by Tanya Tagaq, Heather O’Neill, Sam Shelstad, and more

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Books

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki on the Cost of Roaming

September 15, 2023September 19, 2023 - by Gabrielle Drolet

The duo’s previous book was banned extensively. But their latest graphic novel is their freest tale yet

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What Naomi Klein Learned about Herself from Naomi Wolf

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 - by Sean Michaels

A Q&A on doppelgangers, celebrity, and searching for answers

Books

The Best Books of Fall 2023

September 8, 2023September 15, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

An eclectic list featuring the season’s most compelling new novels, nonfiction, and poetry, as curated by The Walrus

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Books

The Novel Written about—and with—Artificial Intelligence

September 7, 2023September 12, 2023 - by Brian Bethune

Do You Remember Being Born? is a tech-inflected novel for a digital world

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Fiction / July/August 2023

Buddy West

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 - by Sam Shelstad

“How much for the cowboy in the window?”

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Fiction / July/August 2023

Dispatches Regarding the Woeful Origins of the Town’s Bicycle Race

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 - by Tom Froh

Today a ranger spotted two wolves on a carbon-frame Ibis tearing down a hill at fifty kilometres per hour

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Fiction / July/August 2023

Like a Mother

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 - by Fawn Parker

I imagined, with each feeding, that I might become less of a mother and more of my old self

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