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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

Stephen Bornstein

Stephen Bornstein is the director of the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research at Memorial University.

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The Empathy Gap

Drawing attention to low-paid work’s invisible ills December 2014
I doubt if more than a handful of the readers of this publication are familiar with the name Karen Messing or with her field of expertise, ergonomics. I am sure, however, that many will enjoy learning about the author and her research field by reading this informative and provocative little book. Karen Messing is a retired professor of occupational health and safety who taught for three decades at the Université du Québec à…