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2007.12

December 2007

"I am afraid my subject is rather an exciting one, and as I don't like excitement, I shall approach it in a gentle, timid, roundabout way."
--Max Beerbohm

Unlimited Editions

Unlimited Editions

A collector’s obsession with award-winning books. NMA nominee: Arts & Entertainment, Still-life Photography
National Magazine Award Nominee | by Timothy Taylor
How to Get a Head

How to Get a Head

The birth of a dough boy
Field Notes | by Randy Boyagoda

Test of the Heart

Test of the Heart

This is the story of a heart operation. It’s also the story of a marriage.
Memoir | by Marsha Barber

Not So Secret

Not So Secret

Plundering Eastern religions for enlightenment and profit
Books | by Sylvia Fraser

December 2007

December 2007

Letters | by The Walrus Readers

Bonus Photos for “Unlimited Editions”

Bonus Photos for “Unlimited Editions”

More photos of John Meier’s book collection
Online Exclusive | by Birthe Piontek

Review — Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis

Review — Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis

Walrus Reads | by Daniel Aldana Cohen

Thinking Inside the Big Box

Thinking Inside the Big Box

Sightings | by Ken Alexander

The Autobiography of an Idea

The Autobiography of an Idea

Rethinking the Holocaust in light of 9/11, my mentor, and my dad. NMA Silver Medal: Personal Journalism; NMA Nominee: Essays
National Magazine Award Silver Medal | by Rick Salutin

Review — Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan

Review — Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan

Walrus Reads | by Ken Alexander

Review — White Rapids

Review — White Rapids

Walrus Reads | by Jared Bland

Lost and Found

Lost and Found

Imaginings | by Anne Fenn

Portrait Gallery: Digby Neck, Nova Scotia

Portrait Gallery: Digby Neck, Nova Scotia

Online Exclusive | by Russell Monk

Road of Fire

Road of Fire

The war in Afghanistan will be won or lost on Highway 1
International Affairs | by Hugh Graham

The Garden of Subjection

The Garden of Subjection

For Vancouver pioneer Jeff Wall, politics and beauty do mix
Visual Art | by John Bentley Mays

Rat Trap

Rat Trap

Why Canada’s drug policy won’t check addiction
Health | by Robert Hercz

Making Red

Making Red

A mystery in colour
Field Notes | by Katherine Govier

To Die For

To Die For

Activist design collective Fabrica uses icons of consumer culture to contrast lives in the affluent West with those in war-torn Darfur
Photo Essay | by Fabrica

Mission Not Yet Accomplished

Mission Not Yet Accomplished

How Iraq figures in Big Oil’s dreams
International Affairs | by Linda McQuaig

Review — La Sagouine

Review — La Sagouine

Walrus Reads | by Marianne Apostolides

Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

With the seas nearly barren, should Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, settle for selling the earth?
National Magazine Award Silver Medal | by Noah Richler

If It Bleeds Like a Duck...

If It Bleeds Like a Duck...

A Laurentian twist on a French delicacy
Field Notes | by Margo Pfeiff

One Hundred Years at Forty

One Hundred Years at Forty

Gabriel García Márquez’s sumptuous and tragic vision of the modern world
Books | by Randy Boyagoda

Keeping the Beat

Keeping the Beat

Music and mourning in Ghana
Field Notes | by Kalli Anderson

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