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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

Liam Lacey

Liam Lacey occasionally brushed with fame as the long-time film critic for the Globe and Mail.

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Liam Lacey

Dear Prudence

A life of exuberance and eccentricity October 2020
Now eighty-four, Prudence Emery apprenticed at Expo 67, managed public relations for the Savoy Hotel, and became Canada’s longest-serving movie publicist. Nanaimo Girl: A Memoir is her frolicsome recounting of an eventful life as the light behind the stars. Who arranged for Pierre Elliott Trudeau to go to the London premiere of Funny Girl…