Introducing issue 98.

There are plenty of statues where women represent lofty ideals, but not enough depicting women as real people.

Not just a source for second-hand tables, Facebook Marketplace also hosts a vibrant underground food economy.

Exposures film festival imagines trans cinema beyond the politics of visibility.

Montreal has a record number of NBA players, but it’s been a long road to get here.

Long a hub for alternative and marginalized communities, campus radio fights for relevance in the digital age.

As told to Maisonneuve Staff.

Translated by Katia Grubisic, from Nuit désordre, 2025, published by Triptyque (Nota Bene). Reprinted by permission from the publisher.

Celebrity chef Jeremy Charles serves up an enticing vision of Newfoundland that obscures historical reality.

Reviews of new books by Jane Byers, Ashraf Zaghal, Kate Cayley and Michael DeForge.

Reviews of new albums by Magella, Steve Haley, Hélène Barbier and Overnight.

Poetry.

Comic.

Photo Essay.

Fiction.

Poetry.

Letter From Montreal.

There’s more than one way to read L. M. Montgomery’s literary heroine, from feminist trailblazer to conservative tradwife.

The life of a religious recluse in seventeenth-century Montreal shows how solitude doesn’t have to mean isolation.

Where a person is from is not a question with a straightforward answer.

The history of this small city is intertwined with heavy industry, as are the plans for its revitalization.

Comic.

Launched amid a public health crisis, Montreal’s pool system remains deeply embedded in the lives and hearts of residents.

Poetry.

Photo Essay.

A deluxe bedroom built in the middle of an abandoned factory is an ironic response to Montreal’s housing crisis.

Poetry.

Fiction.

Summer reads from Rick Trembles, Mireille Gagné, L.E. Fox and André Alexis.

New music from Elle Barbara's Black Space, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Ribbon Skirt and Sparkling Water.

Letter From Montreal.

A child coming out as trans may be difficult for parents, but the relationship need not be ruled by fear.

My father held on to the truth of the Iranian coup despite the West’s best efforts to bury it.

When I was afraid of writing my bipolar disorder into my family history, my grandmother taught me to raise my voice.