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2009.07

July/Aug 2009

Summer Fiction Issue

Decomposting Bodies

Decomposting Bodies

What’s the greenest way to dispose of human remains?
Environment | by James Glave
Sibling Rivalry Redux

Sibling Rivalry Redux

As parents grow old, the children who care for them don’t always grow up
Memoir | by Georgie Binks

Canada’s Merchant Banker

Canada’s Merchant Banker

Is the recession really over? A profile of Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney
Economics | by John Lorinc

Head and Heart

Head and Heart

Director Robert Carsen brings a Canadian temperament to the world’s great opera houses
Theatre | by Misha Aster

Grand Slam Chief

Grand Slam Chief

Does Phil Fontaine have what it takes to lead the First Nations’ next generation?
Profile | by Patrick White

Enter The Holy Now

Enter The Holy Now

How African Pentacostalism is commercializing global Christianity
Religion | by Christopher Frey

Unrepentant

Unrepentant

A profile of screenwriter Budd Schulberg (1914-2009), from the June 2004 issue of The Walrus
Film | by Gare Joyce

Three Tales of Terror

Three Tales of Terror

Three new horror stories by Rivka Galchen, Lee Henderson, and Stephen Marche
Fiction | by The Walrus

Letters: July/Aug 2009

Letters: July/Aug 2009

Letters in response to the June 2009 issue of The Walrus.
Letters | by The Walrus Readers

The Case for Europe

The Case for Europe

As Europe swings to the right, BBC journalist Nick Fraser asks: is the EU worth saving?
International Affairs | by Nick Fraser

At The Gastown Riot

At The Gastown Riot

Vancouver artist Stan Douglas reimagines a neighbourhood’s troubled past
Profile | by Leigh Kamping-Carder

Real Estate

Real Estate

A week or so later, I had a repeat of the phantom string cheese episode
Ghost Story | by Rivka Galchen

Q&A: Camille Paglia

Q&A: Camille Paglia

“We’re in a period of what Northrop Frye would have called the winter phase of irony and satire.”
Online Exclusive | by David Balzer

The Nerve

The Nerve

Theo Sophistron was in the sky. He didn’t like it.
Romance | by Lee Henderson

Spiritual Citizenship

Spiritual Citizenship

The life and times of Richard John Neuhaus
Religion | by Randy Boyagoda

The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane

The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane

“There shall be no drinking and no cussing at the funeral of any man,” he whined
Western | by Joseph Boyden

The Walrus Presents...

The Walrus Presents...

Karlheinz Schreiber lubricates Canada
Comics | by Jason Sherman and David Parkins

Louis Slotin You Will Not Turn Forty

Louis Slotin You Will Not Turn Forty

A new poem by Michael Lista
Poetry | by Michael Lista

Photo: Niagara Falls, 1840

Photo: Niagara Falls, 1840

How academics found the first photograph to be taken in Canada
Photography | by The Walrus

On Hugh MacLennan’s Watch

On Hugh MacLennan’s Watch

Hugh MacLennan’s bestseller The Watch That Ends the Night turns fifty
Books | by Nick Mount

An Arboreal History

An Arboreal History

According to the Guild of St. Luke: an illustration series
Online Exclusive | by Lauchie Reid

The Crow Procedure

The Crow Procedure

The surgery to give Mr Dapple the wings of a crow was scheduled to take twelve minutes
Science Fiction | by Stephen Marche

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