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Enough Heat to Melt the Ice

A new generation of novels about hockey finds the action away from the rink

City Limits

That shrinking feeling

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Issues

July–August 2010

COVER ART AND PICTURES THROUGHOUT THE ISSUE BY WES TYRELL. Wes Tyrell is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist. Prior to his life as a freelancer, Wes ran a hotel in Cuba and is currently writing about these bizarre experiences in a graphic novel, Fidel & I. Wes has drawn for Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, Dogs in Canada and the BBC. Contact Wes at www.westyrell.com.

Getting Past “Yes” or “No”

Our debate over multiculturalism needs more nuance

Jeffrey G. Reitz

Here, Now

Canadian writers, living on the edge of the world, have the best view

Stephen Marche

Where Have All The Stories Gone?

A brilliant reader champions narrative as our key to understanding chaos

Dana Hansen

Hitting the Road

Thirteen of Canada’s leading writers pick essential stops on a cross-country literary tour

Bridging the Divide

Sheema Khan describes how a Canadian business executive has made common cause with the women of Yemen

Sheema Khan

Fearful Acrimony

The seductive danger of scapegoating Quebec

André Pratte

The Truth Hurts

Despite a gruelling investigative chase, we may never knowthe full story of Mulroney, Schreiber and Airbus

Cecil Rosner

Art for Whose Sake?

One cultural mandarin’s take on the politics of funding

Sarah Jennings

Urban Solace

A portrait of Toronto as both judging and compassionate protector

Mary Jo Leddy

Servant of the Servants of Distraction

An aged teacher’s search for relevance takes him from B.C. to Hollywood

Richard Cumyn

Playing to His Base

Two books track the rise of Christian and socialconservatism in Harper’s Ottawa

Jonathan Malloy

Lincoln’s Prophet

Prose portrait of a narcissistic mystic

Dennis Duffy