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Hope Is Good. Disappointment Is Better

November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 - by Steven Heighton

What the best novels teach us about the virtues of disillusionment

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The Decade in Arts & Culture

December 12, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada

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Novelist Confronts the Fiction of a Progressive Toronto

November 16, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Rudrapriya Rathore

David Chariandy’s award-winning book explores family, race, and police violence

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New Plagiarism Accusations Against Bestselling Author Jill Bialosky

November 10, 2017November 27, 2019 - by William Logan

An exclusive look at allegations against the executive editor and vice-president of New York publishing firm W.W. Norton

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E. L. Doctorow, 1931–2015

July 27, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Barbara Kay

The fox in the tree leaves

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No Heroes

March 18, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Casey Plett

Five books by transgender authors that everyone should read

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