Travels in the Land of the Dead
As scientists raise a woolly mammoth from its icy grave in Siberia, reindeer herders warn of angered spirits beneath the tundra.
In This Issue
Run for Your Lives!
Science-fictionist Robert Sawyer, the brainchild behind ABC's hit TV show Flashforward, can't wait for the future.
A gun, of course
A "poolside" interview with Rawi Hage
Muscle Memory
"Clean speed, if you can attain it, is about simplicity. It can make you beautiful.”
Poolside Dialogue
An introduction to our Poolside Fiction issue
Ladybug Lobotomies and Other Trade Secrets
A "poolside" interview with Carrie Haber
In it for the cottage
A "poolside" interview with Joanne Proulx
Another Reason Not to Do Speed
A "poolside" interview with Tom McCarthy
Death by Lamb Chop
A "poolside" interview with Ibi Kaslik
Sun Life
“In my family we run around burying feelings the way squirrels bury their nuts then forget where. I’d once thought the world was going to be nice.”
Chainsaws, trucks and testosterone
A "poolside" interview with Peter Behrens
Talking with Alistair MacLeod
One of Canada’s greatest talents speaks with Managing Editor Meredith Erickson about the roots of Can. Lit. being a “promising geriatric writer” and how to throw a great party
Afternoons in Exile
Summers for Jared Young mean basements, Slushies and comic books. That, and a broken heart.
Designed to Thrive
Would the deaf refuse new ears? Peter Jickling thinks they might. Arguing against the idea of disability as a liability, Jickling sees handicaps including his own cerebral palsy as differences worth celebrating
Where We Gather at Night
“He had the knack you had with the camera, only he captured things perfectly with words, the words one wants to hear, not the words that are necessarily said.”
Radical Dreamers
A dynamic exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture asks: Is there a role today for the little magazine?
