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That Ever Governed Frenzy

Through the eyes of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Return of the Robber Barons

Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich

Roger Seamon

Roger Seamon is a retired member of the Department of English at the University of British Columbia who has written on literary theory and the philosophy of art. He is an honourary research associate at the University of New Brunswick.

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Roger Seamon

Making It

A journey from Sarajevo to Montreal through the art world's greed and ambition May 2014
Life Class, Montreal writer Ann Charney’s fourth novel, tells the story of Nerina, a young woman from Sarajevo who, in response to the violence that swept over the disintegrating Yugoslavia, dreams of a life in America. We follow Nerina on her journey from Venice to Montreal within the contemporary high-art world, a mildly unsavory community that she must learn to…