March 2007

Happy Birthday, C.C.!

A Vignette

Conventional Wisdoms

The “natural governing party” goes through atavistic rituals to try to recapture its place in the sun.

Still Controversial, Sixty Years On

An Emily Carr biographer examines a new cross-Canada exhibition and its accompanying book of essays.

Red-Tinted Yiddish

How the USSR tried to Sovietize the Jews using their own language and traditions.

Nuclear Sales and Service

With no new deals since 1996, AECL faces a challenging future

Diaspora Voices

Immigrant writers transform the literary scene.

The Kyoto Debate Continues

Two more writers weigh in on Canada’s climate change conundrum, and Mark Jaccard responds.

Mixing Memory with Desire

Tales of Toronto past and present create a city of dreams.

Pop Goes the Apocalypse

Rock music pushes a Holocaust refugee over the brink.

The Oxford Don on the Potomac

The wait for Allan Gotlieb’s Washington diaries is worth it.

Front-Row Seat in Moscow

The excitement and optimism of 15 years ago faded all too quickly.

Transformations, Eh?

How we changed from British subjects to Canadian citizens in two short decades.

Playing the Monument Game

A new book examines the Ozymandiases of the First British Empire.

Demolishing a Stereotype

A new collection explores both the charms and irritations of childlessness.

Book Lover’s Paradise

Alberto Manguel meditates evocatively on the nature of libraries.

Single Sock

On a Drawing by Paul Young

A poem

Earrings

The Blanket

A poem

Rules of Engagement