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From the archives

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

Issues

January–February 2006

LRC 100 portraits by Wes Tyrell Wes Tyrell is a caricature artist and humorous illustrator. His works can be seen in a variety of publications, including The Globe and Mail and Maclean’s, as well as at www.westyrell.com.

The LRC 100 (Part One)

Canada’s most important books

Irreconcilable Differences

Author and reviewer come at end-of-life issues from entirely different places

Preston Manning

Whither the Revolution?

A Quebec novel charts a puzzling course from barricades to banality

Robin Roger

The Fine Line between Predator and Prey

A Newfoundland writer produces a novel that reveals our reptilian reactions

Val Ross

When Is Equality Not Equality?

Canadian and American women diverge on work and motherhood

Amy Langstaff and Michael Adams

Humanity Behind Bars

A rare document uncovers life in a human zoo for 19th century Inuit

Warren Cariou

Spying in Lesovia

It took an American scholar to unearth the Gouzenko story

Wesley Wark

In Defence of Ambiguity

What if economic transparency is not all it is cracked up to be?

Sylvia Ostry

Another Country

A Canadian writer seeks the remnants of a lost empire

Mark Lovewell

A Family Affair

A son and daughter-in-law produce an intimate portrait of an important writer

Dick Harrison