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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

Jen Gerson

Jen Gerson is a writer and editor with the National Post.

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Settling Accounts

A former civil servant’s memoir highlights intrigue and betrayal in Ottawa December 2015
It has become too easy to dismiss the most florid criticism of Stephen Harper, whose legacy after almost a decade in power will continue to be examined in the coming months and years. Much like Godwin’s Law, which states that as any online discussion grows the probability of a comparison to the Nazis or to Hitler approaches…