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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

Duncan McLachlan

Duncan McLachlan is a journalist from New Zealand. She’s currently based in Montreal.

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Voices from In-between

An intergenerational story March 2022
Alexander McClelland discloses to a guy on Scruff, a dating app mainly used by gay men, that he has HIV and is undetectable. That guy blocks him. Then he discloses his status to someone else, who responds, “It’s ok, I’m on PrEP.” Neither interaction sits comfortably with McClelland, who teaches ­criminology at Carleton University. In the…