The Friend’s Dog
we think she has, until she yawns once, / gives an almost whistled sigh
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Why Alice Munro’s Biographer Left Her Daughter’s Abuse Out of His Book
An exclusive interview with Robert Thacker on the secret he carried for twenty years
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2024: The Year in Arts & Culture
Thoughtful essays and fascinating deep dives into everything from art forgeries to Joni Mitchell’s best work
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Extermination
Even if you don’t see them or hear them, there are always others—somewhere in your home
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Forget Polite Verse – This Poet Wants You to Feel the Salt and Soil of Newfoundland
Mary Dalton’s fight to preserve her community’s speech
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Smokehouse
It was as if I’d swallowed the forest fire itself, all of it burning and alive inside of me
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Undoing the Fairy Tale of Alice Munro
For years, I helped spread a glowing narrative about one of Canada’s most famous authors
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Kevin Lambert Proves That Literature Can Still Be an Invigorating Slap in the Face
His elegant and vicious new novel tracks the fall of a good billionaire
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