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Poetry

The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 - by Jason Guriel

The booth performed its scans. / The glass turned green: OKAY. She closed her eyes

A black-and-white photo of Alicia Elliott wearing a parka. The image has a light brown-coloured border around it.

Books

The Two Moments That Changed Alicia Elliott’s Life

September 26, 2023September 3, 2024 - by Scaachi Koul

The author talks about her new novel, And Then She Fell, and the experiences she shares with her protagonist

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Books

In Daughter, Claudia Dey Explores the Ugly Side of the Great Literary Male

September 21, 2023September 3, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

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

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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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Books

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 3, 2024 - 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 3, 2024 - 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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The Two Moments That Changed Alicia Elliott’s Life

In Daughter, Claudia Dey Explores the Ugly Side of the Great Literary Male

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki on the Cost of Roaming

What Naomi Klein Learned about Herself from Naomi Wolf

The Novel Written about—and with—Artificial Intelligence

Buddy West

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