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Image: Dan Brault, Praedonum Evangelium, 2014. Acrylique sur toile, 50 x 46 in. Courtesy the artist and La Galerie 3, Québec City, QC.
Achilles and the Lusitan Tortoise
“Have patience” and “Tomorrow” are two inseparable locutions in the Portuguese tongue. Read more

Photo by Cédéric Michaud: Suzie Beauchemin, André Paiement and Marcel Aymar on tour with LeThéâtre de Nouvel-Ontario, 1973.
All in the Same CANO
For a brief period the band CANO gave shape to the dream of a bilingual Canadian culture. Read more
Library as Wishful Thinking
Libraries are not only essential in educating the soul, but in forming the identity of a society. Read more
Lethal Evolutions
Our society is formed on the assumption of a healthy immune system. Read more
Confidence Woman
The woman who called herself Tatiana Aarons gave me an address that led to a vacant lot. Read more
Léon Bloy and His Monogamous Reader
Dogged dedication grants a reader vicarious immortality. Read more
Taíno Tales
A package-deal paradise reputation curtails gringo knowledge of Dominican life. Read more
The Defeat of Sherlock Holmes
There’s something not quite right about the grid on which the game is played. Read more
Left Nationalists
Progressives are far less likely to be nationalists than ever before. Read more
King of the Post-Anthropocene
Kaiju are the heroes we deserve. Read more
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
There is no way to step back from the orgy of kisses without offending. Read more
Vanished Shore
To build a city on land flooded by the tides isn’t just a mistake—it’s utopic. Read more
Distant Early Warning
We think of the Arctic as pristine and untouched—but nowhere on the planet is as harshly impacted by climate change. Read more
Libraries without Borders
Reading is a subversive activity and does not believe in the convention of borders. Read more
How I Became a Writer of Colour
Airport security assures Alberto Manguel that he has been randomly picked. Read more