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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

Todd Dufresne

Todd Dufresne is a professor of philosophy at Lakehead University, in Ontario. His books include The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners.

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Knock on Wood

The forest and the trees May 2026
Robert Moor’s award-winning On Trails, from 2016, earned him a reputation as a writer unafraid to cross boundaries. With his follow‑up, In Trees, he takes turns as nature writer, travel writer, adventure writer, explorer, amateur anthropologist, wannabe primatologist, experiential reporter, journalist-activist, and collector of stories. But Moor is really a…