Literary Review of Canada

Published ten times a year, the Literary Review of Canada is the country’s foremost journal of ideas on politics, philosophy, science, history, culture, and literature. Each issue features smart, lively book reviews and topical long-form essays alongside original art and poetry.

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Cover the Territory • Essays on a deeper past

Thorn Hedge • (after Galway Kinnell’s “Turkeys”)

The Breakup • When the waters rose in Moose Factory

Stars and Swipes • Shared moments and diverging paths

The Operatives • Nahlah Ayed uncovers their story

Rogers That • A very public family feud

I Am Thinking of the Road to the Beach • (after Natalie Goldberg)

Under the Hoodie • Catherine Dorion did politics differently

Shushed • When defamation law fails us

Middle of August

Sexy, Eh? • Behind the closed doors of a nation

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A Womb of One’s Own • Moving beyond old certainties

Step by Step • Long walks toward reconciliation

Disciplinary Action • For the love of the humanities

Books and Belonging • M. G. Vassanji and Gary Barwin reflect

The Strand

Canada Daze • Barrelling toward a strange kind of death

Connection Lost • How sisters became strangers

Sails People • Three shipshape titles

On the Origin of Stories • Six writers discuss their craft

Kindred Spirits • Kit Dobson’s ambitious debut

Herd Mentality • When the buffalo come to town

Red-Letter Gay • The Gospel according to Anthony Oliveira

Island Adventure • From Japan to Haida Gwaii

The Subject Matters • Lynne Kutsukake plays with perspective

Une gang de fous • Christophe Bernard’s cock-eyed world

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