What’s the Point of Epigraphs Anyway? | The Walrus
Oct 9, 2024 · When pressed to describe what an epigraph does, writers tend to reach for metaphor. In her newsletter Before and After the Book Deal, Courtney Maum calls them, decadently, “apéritifs” and “a spritz of fragrance in a large room.”Thomas Swick conjures grandiosity in Literary Hub: an epigraph is “a ceremonial gate ushering us into the realm of the author,” a book devoid of one “a ...
Letters to the Editor: September/October 2024 | The Walrus
Oct 3, 2024 · Politically Incorrect. Justin Ling’s “Justin Trudeau’s Last Stand” (June) was insightful, but I do challenge the overall flavour of its message, starting with that tired old phrase—“it feels like everything is broken in this country . . . ”—which has been thrown around ad infinitum by Pierre Poilievre. Taking a page out of Donald …
Crossword - The Walrus
Put your knowledge to the test with The Walrus Crossword, crafted by Canadian constructors and curated by Editor Emma Lawson. Solve clues and fill in answers across or down each week.
The Best Books of Fall 2024 - The Walrus
Sep 4, 2024 · W e scoured countless catalogues for fall’s best new books, reading everything we could get our hands on, courtesy of publishers from coast to coast. If your reading appetites are as omnivorous as ours, you’ll enjoy this year’s roundup, which features something for all tastes—from short stories to multigenerational memoirs to poetry critiques.
Canada’s $32.5 Billion Tobacco Settlement Is a Hollow Victory
Oct 30, 2024 · This is for good reason. Over decades, Mahood, with a small but talented staff, first at the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association and now at the Campaign for Justice on Tobacco Fraud, pushed governments at all levels, as well as health organizations and medical professions, to tackle the tobacco issue in Canada.
Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents | The Walrus
Jul 13, 2022 · The first serious nuclear accident occurred at Chalk River Laboratories in 1952, followed by a second incident in 1958. Now that the federal government is compensating workers who took part in cleanup efforts.
Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian | The Walrus
Oct 31, 2024 · Over the past decade, there’s been a lot of scary stuff. The success of directors like Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse), Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), and Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) has sparked a renewed interest, among producers and audiences alike, in original horror tales—not sequels or reboots or spinoffs but genuinely fresh scary stories.
Who Is the Real Pierre Poilievre? - The Walrus
Jul 1, 2024 · T o Canadians, Pierre Poilievre is a Conservative politician doing battle with Justin Trudeau and his Liberals. But being the leader of a political party also carries administrative and managerial responsibilities. Most of these are delegated, though it’s Poilievre that sets the tone and must own the decisions.
Moleskine Mania: How a Notebook Conquered the Digital Era
Aug 30, 2024 · Phone calls to France confirmed Chatwin’s account (a sensible move: Chatwin always preferred a good story to the literal truth), and Sebregondi’s hunch was confirmed by serendipitous sightings of le vrai moleskine in other contexts: exhibitions of Matisse’s and Picasso’s sketchbooks, a photo of Hemingway at work.
The Truth about Wanting to Die
Aug 6, 2019 · Stopping at the downtown Toronto office to pick up some things on my way home, I did what later felt like the first dumb thing. An acquaintance—someone I’d met once who had subsequently added me on Facebook and with whom I’d exchanged muted messages during periods of mutual insomnia—struck up the most casual of “how you doing” online conversations.