Where Is the Canadian Fiction about Afghanistan?
Canadians are far from squeamish in our literary tastes, but novels about the country where we were once at war are rare
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Notes from Grief Camp
Every summer, more than a hundred kids spend a weekend at Camp Erin swimming and canoeing. They also learn to deal with death
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Ned Blackhawk’s Rediscovery Challenges the Old Stories of America
A new book shines a light on how Indigenous nations resisted—and shaped—settler society in the US
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There Is No Housing Crisis
Supply alone will not solve a problem that large sections of the population don’t want to fix
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How to Fit into the Publishing World
When I went on tour for my last book, I faced constant reminders that I didn’t belong
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The Downside of Celebrating Trump’s Legal Woes
It’s fun to bask in the failures of people like Trump. But what does that actually accomplish?
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Is a Life Lived through Art Really Lived at All?
The questions posed in Patrick deWitt’s The Librarianist feel personal and existential
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The Inescapable Rise of Moral Superiority
Why does every online discussion terminate in ethical grandstanding?
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TikTok Is Becoming a Publisher. Will It Ruin the Book Industry?
BookTok is beloved as a guerrilla democratizing force, but the platform’s pivot risks killing the thing that makes it great
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