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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

Jessie Yang

Jessie Yang studies English literature at Western University.

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Sean Dixon’s group of seven January | February 2024
Absurd, animated, and abundant in mischief, The Abduction of Seven Forgers is the latest work from the novelist and playwright Sean Dixon, whose 2014 drama, A God in Need of Help, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award. With characteristic wit and whimsy, Dixon offers an intricate meta-narrative: the novel presents as the manuscript of a memoir penned by the…