Non-Fiction

One Day in August

One Day in August

he 1942 Allied raid on Dieppe was one of Canada’s worst military disasters: after less than a day’s ...

By Jean Coléno

Paul-Émile Borduas

Paul-Émile Borduas

alter Benjamin argues that a translation is the transposition of a text from one language to another as ...

By Felicity Tayler

The Edge of the Precipice

The Edge of the Precipice

n his opening paragraph, Mark Kingwell acknowledges the problem inherent in his contribution to The Edge of ...

By Joel Yanofsky

Conversations with a Dead Man

Conversations with a Dead Man

indsight is 20/20. Or is it, really? Do we ever truly get a clear picture, or are all views inherently variable, ...

By Kimberly Bourgeois

Canada’s Forgotten Slaves

uring much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the phenomenon of slavery in New France was virtually ...

By Jean Coléno

In Translation

In Translation

n her introduction to this new book of essays on Canadian literary translator Sheila Fischman, editor Sherry Simon ...

By Katia Grubisic

Off the Books

ne chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz,” American rock guitarist, ...

By Kimberly Bourgeois

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square

everal years ago, a Chinese newspaper found itself in hot water after a young employee authorized the publication ...

By Kate Forrest

Dying to Live

veryone is dying to live: cancer patients, amateur yoginis, guests on Oprah. Inspirational posters on Facebook ...

By Leila Marshy

Life on the Home Front

andy production dropped. Butter was hard to get. Women joined the workforce. And tens of thousands of men ...

By Dane Lanken