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Alexander Sallas reviews Guestbook: Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton. Cheryl Bell on Halfway Home by Christina Myers. Poetry by Mary MacDonald.

Cookie Crumbled

As Americans head to the polls

Kyle Wyatt

The End of the End

Revisiting a famous declaration

James Brooke-Smith

Illustration for David Marks Shribman's review of "At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage" by Carol Off featured in the November 2024 issue.

The F-Word

How politics and language mix

David Marks Shribman

Illustration for John Allemand's review of "The Worst Songs in the World: The Terrible Truth about National Anthems" by David Pate in October 2024.

Country Music

Please stand and remove your cynicism

John Allemang

Illustration for Frances Bula's review of "The Joy Experiments: Reimagining Mid‑sized Cities to Heal Our Divided Society," by Scott Higgins and Paul Kalbfleisch, and "Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis," by Patrick M. Condon, featured in the November 2024 issue.

Wait, You Have a Backyard?!

City planning and Canada’s housing crisis

Frances Bula

Illustration for Amy Reiswig's review of "Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow" by Robin F. Hansen, featured in the November 2024 issue.

Sentenced at Birth

On forced mother-child separation

Amy Reiswig

Photography for Jeffrey Simpson's November 2024 review of "Constraining the Court: Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era" by James B. Kelly.

Chartered Fight

When provinces and the bench butt heads

Jeffrey Simpson

Illustration for Curtis Gillespie's November 2024 review of "The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau" by Stephen Maher and "Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Time" by Paul Wells.

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Curtis Gillespie

Photography for Kelvin Brown's November 2024 review of "Dancing with Diana: A Memoir" by Anne Allan.

Her Grace

Private lessons with the people’s princess

Kelvin Browne

Behind the Books

A biographer becomes her own subject

Charlotte Gray

Illustration for Gram Fraser's November 2024 review of "De l’hydre au castor: Imaginaire et représentations de la Confédérationdans la presse de l’Amérique du Nord britannique, 1844-1867" by Anne Trépanier.

Pluck of the Draw

Skewered by pre-Confederation cartoonists

Graham Fraser

Illustration for Adam Gopnik's November 2024 review of "Aislin’s Montreal Expos: A Cartoonist’s Love Affair" by Terry Mosher.

Our Team

What the Expos meant — and mean

Adam Gopnik

Illustration for J. R. Patterson's November 2024 review of "Mmm . . . Manitoba: The Stories behind the Foods We Eat" by Kimberley Moore and Janis Thiessen and "LaHave Bakery: The Building, the Baker, and the Recipes That Revitalized a Community" by Jane Morrigan and Susan Ivany.

Whose Menu Is It Anyway?

Nibbling and noshing across the land

J.R. Patterson

Illustration for Gary Geddes's November 2024 essay on teaching Canadian poetry in America.

The Beaver Has Landed

A poet takes on America

Gary Geddes

Illustration for Shazia Hafiz Ramji's November 2024 review of "Oil People" by David Huebert.

A Crude Patrimony

David Huebert returns to the well

Shazia Hafiz Ramji

Illustration for Kevin Jagernauth's November 2024 review of "All You Can Kill" by Pasha Malla.

Island Time

Pasha Malla’s intricate moral fable

Kevin Jagernauth

Illustration for Amanda Perry's November 2024 review of Emmanuelle Pierrot's "La version qui n’intéresse personne."

Dawson’s Clique

Emmanuelle Pierrot goes north

Amanda Perry

Illustration for Ruth Panofsky's November 2024 review of "Songs for the Brokenhearted" by Ayelet Tsabari.

Coming to Terms

Ayelet Tsabari’s sweeping debut novel

Ruth Panofsky

Illustration for Emily Latimer's November 2024 review of "Sugaring Off" by Fanny Britt, translated by Susan Ouriou.

Rough Waters

From Martha’s Vineyard to personal hell

Emily Latimer

Read for the Very First Time

The possibilities of pleasure

George Elliott Clarke

American Judge

The Silver Scream

Lessons Learned