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Between Words

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

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Boredom as a Political Weapon

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

Dominique Clément

Dominique Clément is a historical sociologist at the University of Alberta.

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Special Temporary Measures

An audience to this act May 2022
Before the war in eastern Europe came to dominate the world’s attention, a small protest movement in Canada was capturing international headlines. After a few weeks, the federal government’s decision to implement emergency legislation — to deal with demonstrations against vaccines and other pandemic-related mandates — made the story even more captivating. And because the statute had never been…