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Between Words

Anne Carson’s new book-without-a-spine, and the spiritual experience of centrelessness

Sonnet L’Abbé

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Sam Solecki

Boredom as a Political Weapon

Saul Bellow fought banality—and taught us to look hard at the world

Tom Jokinen

The Multilateral Deficit

Name: The Multilateral Deficit
Author: Thomas S. Axworthy

Thomas S. Axworthy

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Thomas S. Axworthy

Thomas S. Axworthy served as senior policy advisor and principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He is currently secretary-general of the InterAction Council and public policy chair at Massey College, University of Toronto.

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