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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

Mary Jo Leddy

Mary Jo Leddy has lived and worked with refugees for 20 years. She is the author of several books and teaches theology at the University of Toronto. She is a senior fellow of Massey College.

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Mary Jo Leddy

Urban Solace

A portrait of Toronto as both judging and compassionate protector July–August 2010
“Good novels should not answer questions,” Elie Wiesel once said. “They should deepen the questions.” After reading Cities of Refuge, one is left with the sense that human beings are much deeper, more complex and mysterious than they often appear to be. Michael Helm asks the big questions that weigh ordinary people down and bear them…