The Walrus Magazine

The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane by Joseph Boyden

2009-06-04T12:21+00:00

“There shall be no drinking and no cussing at the funeral of any man,” he whined

Illustration by Selena Wong. Click for larger...

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At The Gastown Riot by Leigh Kamping-Carder

2009-06-04T12:26+00:00

Vancouver artist Stan Douglas reimagines a neighbourhood’s troubled past

Stan Douglas, Abbott & Cordova, 7...

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Sibling Rivalry Redux by Georgie Binks

2009-06-04T12:08+00:00

As parents grow old, the children who care for them don’t always grow up

When my mother suffered a mild heart attack last year, my brother and I surprised each other by showing up at my parents’ ranch-style bungalow in a leafy suburb of Ottawa at the same time. Mom...

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Louis Slotin You Will Not Turn Forty (after Ted Hughes) by Michael Lista

2009-06-04T12:39+00:00

A new poem by Michael Lista

At your fortieth birthday, on a moonlit beach, One of your guests is late. You save a plate. A place is clean and set Amid the after-dinner mess. Why are you upset? Everyone is here And...

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On Hugh MacLennan’s Watch by Nick Mount

2009-06-04T12:11+00:00

Hugh MacLennan’s bestseller The Watch That Ends the Night turns fifty

It was fifty years ago today, or near enough. Sgt. Pepper has not yet taught the band to play; instead, from the top of the charts, smoke gets in your eyes. Frank Sinatra has high hopes, but Miles...

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Head and Heart by Misha Aster

2009-06-04T12:14+00:00

Director Robert Carsen brings a Canadian temperament to the world’s great opera houses

A Carsen production of La Boheme. Click for larger image.Photo: Annemie...

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Letters: July/Aug 2009 by The Walrus Readers

2009-06-11T11:43+00:00

Letters in response to the June 2009 issue of The Walrus.

Perceived Threat “Are We Safe Yet?” by Daniel Stoffman addresses what can be done to counter the threat of Islamic terrorism, but pays...

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Q&A: Christopher Hitchens by Dave Morris

2009-06-17T85:03+00:00

Christopher Hitchens: “I’m very glad that I sprayed what I did in the way that I did.”

More Q&As: Read recent interviews with...

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The Crow Procedure by Stephen Marche

2009-06-04T11:22+00:00

The surgery to give Mr Dapple the wings of a crow was scheduled to take twelve minutes

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The Nerve by Lee Henderson

2009-06-04T11:09+00:00

Theo Sophistron was in the sky. He didn’t like it.

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Real Estate by Rivka Galchen

2009-06-04T11:29+00:00

A week or so later, I had a repeat of the phantom string cheese episode

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Decomposting Bodies by James Glave

2009-06-04T12:41+00:00

What’s the greenest way to dispose of human remains?

Audio: Listen to James Glave talk about promession and decompsting on New Hampshire Public Radio.Squirrels, it turns out, compost quite nicely. Small birds? Sure....

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Canada’s Merchant Banker by John Lorinc

2009-06-04T12:55+00:00

Mark Carney’s battle to bring Canada’s banking system to a tapped-out world

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, by Graham Roumieu. Click for...

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The Case for Europe by Nick Fraser

2009-06-04T12:58+00:00

As Europe swings to the right, BBC journalist Nick Fraser asks: is the EU worth saving?

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Photo: Niagara Falls, 1840 by The Walrus

2009-06-11T10:22+00:00

How academics found the first photograph to be taken in Canada

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An Arboreal History by Lauchie Reid

2009-06-11T13:35+00:00

According to the Guild of St. Luke: an illustration series

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Three Tales of Terror by The Walrus

2009-06-25T12:39+00:00

Three new horror stories by Rivka Galchen, Lee Henderson, and Stephen Marche

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Q&A: Camille Paglia by David Balzer

2009-06-26T81:53+00:00

“We’re in a period of what Northrop Frye would have called the winter phase of irony and satire.”

More Q&As: Read recent interviews with Christopher Hitchens,...

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An Inconvenient Talk by Chris Turner

2009-06-22T83:94+00:00

Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age

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Grand Slam Chief by Patrick White

2009-06-04T12:46+00:00

Does Phil Fontaine have what it takes to lead the First Nations’ next generation?

Update: Phil Fontaine (above) has stepped...

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Spiritual Citizenship by Randy Boyagoda

2009-06-11T12:19+00:00

The life and times of Richard John Neuhaus

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The Walrus Presents... by Jason Sherman and David Parkins

2009-06-11T12:19+00:00

Karlheinz Schreiber lubricates Canada

Read Jason Sherman and David Parkins’ monthly comic strip for The Walrus. Click on the picture to see a...

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Editor’s Note by John Macfarlane

2009-06-11T12:17+00:00

Introducing the July/August 2009 issue of The Walrus.

Ever since the global economy hit the wall last fall, many of us have found ourselves newly interested in central bankers. A few years ago, when such an event seemed unimaginable, the world’s...

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Enter The Holy Now by Christopher Frey

2009-06-12T81:65+00:00

How African Pentacostalism is commercializing global Christianity

Worshippers at the Action Chapel International in Accra, Ghana “Are you writing your prayer request?” I looked up from my...

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