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"I grant myself the quickest of shoulder checks and see the most fantastical thing: she, too, has tripped and is turning over onto her shoulder--the rotund belly, the blunt feet going up and over in the air. I will be crushed by a rolling elephant."
--Brian Payton, in "Fat of the Land"


Gallery: Cuba in Waiting

March 2008

Gallery: Cuba in Waiting

by Jennifer Osborne
Snapshots from a country yearning for change

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An Open Letter to 0.7%

Imaginings

An Open Letter to 0.7%

Your GDP is lookin’ good!…[more]

Canadian Designs Gallery

Online Exclusive

Canadian Designs Gallery

The renaissance in Canadian design » View Photo Gallery «

More Stories in this issue

Fat of the Land

Environment

Fat of the Land

How trans fats endanger wild elephants in Borneo…[more]


Flyby Justice

Field Notes

Flyby Justice

A day in Nunavut’s circuit court…[more]


Nuclear Reaction

Environment

Nuclear Reaction

Accusations of cancerous fallout divide a small Ontario town…[more]


March 2008

Letters

March 2008

On the Holocaust I agree with what Rabbi Emil Fackenheim told young Rick ([more]


Borneo’s Flora, Fauna, Fat

Online Exclusive

Borneo’s Flora, Fauna, Fat

Borneo’s imperilled forests and wildlife: an online gallery. » View Photo Gallery «


Campaign Memorabilia

Online Exclusive

Campaign Memorabilia

Scrapbook souvenirs from Barry Campbell’s political life …[more]


A Culture in Exile

Art

A Culture in Exile

Baghdad’s artistic exodus…[more]


Digging for Paradise

Field Notes

Digging for Paradise

The world’s oldest temple offers a glimpse of the Garden of Eden…[more]


Bali Dancing

Sightings

Bali Dancing

John Baird embarrasses us again…[more]


The Big Log Off

Technology

The Big Log Off

Where do computer files go when you die?…[more]


Trailer Cash

Field Notes

Trailer Cash

Key West’s mobile home crisis…[more]


Separation Anxiety

Field Notes

Separation Anxiety

Caring for civil war survivors in Somaliland’s only mental hospital…[more]


Canadian Celebrities, Caricatured

Art

Canadian Celebrities, Caricatured

It’s not libel, it’s fun!. » View Photo Gallery «


Politics as Unusual:A Legend is Born

Politics

Politics as Unusual:
A Legend is Born

Barry Campbell runs for office, knocks on doors …[more]


Facemasking

Sporting Life

Facemasking

How the National Football League hides the violence and racial conflict of the game…[more]


Lumberjack Chic

Design

Lumberjack Chic

Canadian haute decor’s kitschy coming of age…[more]


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