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Transatlantic Fictions
Coming to harbour in a new world. Read more
Arms and Letters
Science and the arts fulfil their functions to help us survive through the imagination. Read more
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Reheated Races
Dividing and conquering local populations confines them to manageable administrative units. Read more
Image: Anna Binta Diallo, Black Cowboy, 2020. Collage printed on Photo-Tex Adhesive Fabric. 23 x 13 inches. Courtesy the artist and the Towards Gallery in Toronto, ON.
Dismantling the Myth of the Hero
In a world dominated by heroes, difference is not tolerated. Read more
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
Photo by Giammarco Boscaro, from Unsplash.com
Library as Wishful Thinking
Libraries are not only essential in educating the soul, but in forming the identity of a society. Read more
Illustration: Johann Daniel Meyer, published by Fleischmann in 1748
Lethal Evolutions
Our society is formed on the assumption of a healthy immune system. Read more
Photo by James Mason-Hudson
Confidence Woman
The woman who called herself Tatiana Aarons gave me an address that led to a vacant lot. Read more
Illustration: Léon Bloy by Francisco Morales Hoil, @morshoil
Léon Bloy and His Monogamous Reader
Dogged dedication grants a reader vicarious immortality. Read more
Illustrations: from The Decameron, by Hans Schäufelein, before 1534
Plague
What we can—and can’t—learn from the plague 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
Photo by Jp Valery
Left Nationalists
Progressives are far less likely to be nationalists than ever before. Read more
Photo by Yoshi Canopus (Wikimedia)
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
