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It has been a home to the work of world-class Canadian literary talent like Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Coupland, and Camilla Gibb; to the work of the nation’s leading artists like Edward Burtynsky, Bruce Mau, and Shary Boyle; to the ideas and arguments of opinion leaders in Canadian politics and political commentary, including Roy Romanow, Mark Kingwell, and Allan Gregg; to the much-lauded work of Canada’s top journalists, including Marci McDonald, Joan Bryden, Andrew Mitrovica, and Deborah Campbell; and to some of the finest international writers and artists, including Jonathan Lethem, Pico Iyer, Adam Gopnik, and Damien Hirst.
 

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It’s only $29.75 for a year’s magazine subscription. You’ll receive ten issues of The Walrus, you’ll join the best conversation in Canada, and in the company of the country’s finest, you’ll explore these and other subjects:


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 Arts & Culture –Whether tackling the work of Anselm Kiefer or Brian Jungen, examining the Innovative Design Study for Ground Zero in New York City, or dissecting the books of Thomas Homer-Dixon or Tariq Ali, our arts and culture section is insightful and provocative. It’s arts and literature coverage that encompasses book reviews, music, film and television, the visual arts, architecture and design, and that reflects on our society and culture.

“I once had the privilege of studying with Marshall McLuhan and, after the class had discussed one of his most celebrated observations about the effects of media on perception—that ‘linear man’ developed a strong sense of self while the self of ‘electronic man’ dissolves—one of the students asked McLuhan what facts he’d used to arrive at this truth. McLuhan said, ‘Anyone can tell the truth with the facts. It’s when you don’t have the facts and tell the truth that you’re special.’”
-        “The Truth About Lying,” by Joseph Kertes

“What are these photographs saying? It could be that the narrative here is literal: a model, whose malnourished system is flush with cocaine, ecstasy, and diet pills, dies of cardiac arrest at the exact moment that he has changed out of the $460 ripped jeans, but before he has had a chance to put on the waxed linen suit for the next shot. The photographer snaps the picture anyway. Life is for the living.”
-         “Stop Making Sense,” by Don Gillmor

…plus lots more arts & culture coverage.

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Environment –The Walrus is consistently ahead of the curve on the environment, more than any other general interest Canadian magazine, with thoughtful explorations of current environmental issues, from global warming to alternative fuels.

“Returning to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast six months after the levees broke, I found the situation even worse. Most of eastern New Orleans — low-lying, poor, and largely African-American — is battered, flooded, looted, and now rotting. Its sodden houses are being mucked out by salvage crews, the rancid mouldering insides — carpets, clothing, drywall, appliances, old family photos — are piled in mangled heaps on the streets and left to fester for months…. Post-hurricane New Orleans may be an accurate harbinger of what global warming and climate change could mean: social breakdown, poverty, corruption, and disease.”
-         “The Bad Future,” by Christian Parenti

…plus lots more coverage of current environmental issues.
 

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 Field Notes – A different approach to travel writing from around Canada and the world, focusing on uncommon characters, places, and events. From taxi rides in Nunavut to green architecture in Hyderabad, our Field Notes section offers an approach to travel writing you won’t find anyplace else.

“Americans are very good…at making as much as possible that goes on inside our boundaries seem ‘normal.’ Remember how relieved we were when the stock market re-opened the Monday after 9/11? ‘Whew! At least that’s still working.’”
-         “A Democrat Abroad,” by Richard Ford

“At Kawkab al-Sharq, a café dedicated to legendary singer Umm Kulthum — the Barbra Streisand of Egypt — I ordered an elaborate dessert made of fresh fruit and chilled cream. As soon as it arrived, I was surrounded by giggles. The parfait was apparently a lady’s dish, something grandmothers ate. You’d think a café dedicated to a pop diva would be a safe place to let the fag out, but no.”
-         “Welcome to Cairo! Where is Your Wife?,” by R.M. Vaughan

…plus lots more offbeat travel writing.
 

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Fiction – The Walrus is established as a home for the premier Canadian literature. Fiction originally published in our pages includes works by acclaimed writers like Margaret Atwood, Wayne Johnston, and Peter Behrens. We’re also committed to discovering and nurturing new talent. Randy Boyagoda’s acclaimed debut novel, Governor of the Northern Province, was expanded from his short fiction “Water Spider,” which appeared in the March 2006 issue.

“In the darkness, he believed he was visited by God. ‘You have spent your life making an ass of yourself,’ said the Lord, ‘but you have done so in a most interesting way.”
-         “Samson and Delilah,” by Jonathan Goldstein

…plus lots more literature and fiction.
 

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Finance & Economics –From the Alberta oil sands to the towers of Shanghai, our writers offer a different take on the foremost issues in the business world. Insight into the worlds of business, economics, and finance from some of Canada’s leading journalists.

“On Thursday, October 26, 1995, four days before Quebec voters headed to the polls to vote on the referendum question, the Dom Perignon was flowing at a crowded table in a Toronto steakhouse. It was the kind of flamboyance that initially drew Brian D’Costa, a thirty-one-year-old junior trader at a Toronto subsidiary of a large American bank, into the business. But on that night he was barely able to touch the champagne and oysters. If the Yes side won the referendum, D’Costa would lose the bank as much as $60 million.”
- “Betting on Separation,” by Christina Campbell

…plus lots more business, economics and finance coverage.

Sophisticated Political Humor

Humour – An archive of the magazine’s “Imaginings” columns, featuring political humour and satirical commentary.

“My tennis game was raised by wolves. Abandoned as an infant, it sat in a dark part of the forest for three days. It cried helplessly and was finally discovered by wolves who took it in and nursed it. For twelve years it heard no human sound. Its only friends were wolves, and it knew only the way of the wolf. It ran at night and its jaws were stained with blood. Several times it saw humans from a distance—hunters in orange hats who chased it, families eating chicken from buckets in the meadow. By the time I discovered it, shivering, filthy, and naked, snapping wildly on court four at the Glendale Racquet Club, it had killed a thousand times. It was feral and godless and knew no master.”
-      “My Tennis Game,” by Don Gillmor

…plus lots more political humour and farce.


Absorbing Memoirs

 Memoirs – The likes of Austin Clarke and David Gilmour offer stories about hunting James Baldwin through 1960’s Harlem and stumbling on Malcolm X instead, about reading Tolstoy in Jamaica, and other personal, literary nonfiction tales.

“When I was twenty-two years old, I saw Last Tango in Paris at the old Uptown theatre in Toronto. It was 1972. After the movie I walked up Yonge Street, speechless. My girlfriend, a passive-aggressive with a minor speech impediment, nattered on about this and that in that little-girl voice of hers. She didn’t like the movie or Brando’s character. Thought guys like him were ‘thellfish.’

“‘Shellfish?’ I inquired sadistically.

“‘THELLFISH!’ (We were getting near the end.)”
-         “Ringo’s Drum Roll,” by David Gilmour

…plus lots more personal journalism.
 

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Poetry – Browse The Walrus’ online poetry archive, featuring verse by the country’s most acclaimed poets, including Leonard Cohen, Ken Babstock, Dionne Brand, and many more.


Canadian PoliticsInsightful Canadian Politics Reporting

Politics – Step outside the twenty-four hour news cycle with our in-depth, reflective coverage of Canadian politics and political actors. No other Canadian magazine is able to bring the same long perspective to the events that shape our country.

 “What does it mean if and when a believer in the infallibility of Biblical prophecy comes to power and backs a damn-the-torpedoes course in the Middle East?”
-         “Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons,” by Marci McDonald

…plus an array of coverage of Canadian politics and current Canadian political issues.

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Science & Technology – In-depth examinations of the issues that matter in the realms of science, technology, and society, from health care to the chemistry of the teenage brain, bird flu to file sharing.

“And this is the crux: the frontal lobe, or more precisely the prefrontal cortex, is the home of the so-called “executive functions”: planning, organization, judgment, impulse control, and reasoning. The part that should be telling the sixteen-year-old not to dive off the thirty-foot cliff into unknown water. The seat of civilization.”
-         “The Teenage Brain,” by Nora Underwood

…plus lots more coverage of science, technology, and society.

Our Monthly Letter from the Editor

Sightings – Walrus editor Ken Alexander’s monthly musings; insightful political commentary and biting satire.



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Society & History – Understand your world better through these thoughtful and relevant essays and reportage on history, society, and culture. The Walrus has consistently led the way with groundbreaking reporting on subjects as current as the Maher Arar affair and as timeless as the American bombing of Cambodia.

“Alberta is the gambling mecca of Canada and a true pioneer in transforming a social vice into a respected government revenue stream.”
-         “Alberta’s Gamble with Gambling,” by Andrew Nikiforuk

…plus more coverage of history, society, and culture.


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World Affairs – Our coverage of international relations and politics shaping the globe, from Africa to Afghanistan, Latin America to the Far East. Read acclaimed work by, among others, Deborah Campbell on Iran’s quiet revolution; Gerald Caplan on the conspiracy against Africa; and Jonathan Garfinkel on Arab-Jewish relations.

“For the West, Iran is a nation of wild-eyed zealots shouting the familiar refrain of marg bar Amrika – death to America. It’s an image Iranian authorities have not hesitated to promote….
-         “Iran’s Quiet Revolution,” by Deborah Campbell

…plus much more coverage of international relations and politics.

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