Alice Munro Was Bigger than Canada
Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes
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Alice Munro, Nobel-Winning Author, Dies at Ninety-Two
A Canadian master of the contemporary short story passes away
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Yes, It’s Okay to Throw Away a Book
We love acquiring, hoarding, and displaying books even more than we love reading them
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Forget That Stuff about Mounties, Hockey, and Corny Beer Commercials
As Canada changes, the people writing its books—and the stories they tell—are changing too
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How Dennis Lee Cooked Up Alligator Pie
One man’s war against what he called “pious versicles” led to an enduring work of children’s literature
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What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity
The media’s appetite for “gritty” Black stories turns misery into entertainment
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The Shunned Literary Genius of Samuel Selvon
When a giant of Caribbean literature moved to Calgary, Canadian critics ignored him. He probably didn’t care
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20 Years of The Walrus: Literary Criticism
Articles that tackle everything from the great Canadian novel to the limits of the fantasy genre
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20 Years of The Walrus: Profiles
Insights into leaders, celebrities, athletes, and other prominent Canadians
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The Darker Side of Leonard Cohen
How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny
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