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Between Words

Anne Carson’s new book-without-a-spine, and the spiritual experience of centrelessness

Sonnet L’Abbé

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Sam Solecki

Boredom as a Political Weapon

Saul Bellow fought banality—and taught us to look hard at the world

Tom Jokinen

Under Thunder and Cordite

Name: Under Thunder and Cordite
Author: Paul William Roberts

A Canadian novelist from Beirut describes life in the maelstrom of civil war

Paul William Roberts

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Paul William Roberts

Paul William Roberts has written several books including two about Iraq, the most recent A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq (Raincoast, 2005). His next book, Homeland (Key Porter), is the fictional memoir of a man who enjoyed high office in Washington through the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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