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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Literary Review of Canada

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More Unbearable Lightness • Somewhere between patriotism and nationalism

Contrition Actor

Clause and Effect • How section 33 barrels along

For Rent, Furnished

As It Happened • The Cundill History Prize finalists

Notice of Commotion • The Hill has eyes

Powder Room • When women filled the factories

Host of Deception • Fascists, flights, and fakeries

Attention to Retail • On the shelf and off the rack

None More Black • In a blaze of spandex

Cold Case • Where’d that mammoth go?

If It Knocked on Your Door • Toward a better understanding of addiction

The Cost of Reproduction • When at first you don’t succeed

Pool Soup

Uphill Both Ways • Why we’ve heard it all before

Gait Keepers • Sidewalks, trails, and other pathways

Mature Content • Ian Brown realizes he’s no spring chicken

Road Work • To be young and mobile

Through the Branches • Finding what was always there

Worth a Thousand Words • It all started with a picture

A Quick Thank You • If not for the book clubs of Dubai

Luv Lttr • The magic of Bill Bissett

Hades

In Limbo • Thélyson Orélien’s suddenly controversial novel

Fruit Loops • Eric Dupont’s pulp fiction

What’s Love Got to Do with It? • Colin McAdam reimagines a Greek pastoral

Familiar but Different • In the style of Wayne Grady

Frozen Formation • Michelle Porter looks through the cracks

Play It Again, Lila • A novel by Christine Fischer Guy

Her Decision • Eric Beck Rubin on saying goodbye

Short Supply • Three collections that linger

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