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2008.10

Oct/Nov 2008

"And then this: my shoulder felt hot. I wasn't going to burn. I was cooking."

--Michael Winter, in "The Incinerator Incident"

The Chinese Dust Bowl

The Chinese Dust Bowl

Photographer Benoit Aquin has won the Prix Pictet for his work on “Dust Bowl”, first published in October 2007.
Photography | by Benoit Aquin & Patrick Alleyn
Chester Brown’s Zombie Romance

Chester Brown’s Zombie Romance

Amid zombie crisis, Toronto faces uncertain future
From the Blogs | by Sean Rogers

The Unsettler

The Unsettler

Atom Egoyan’s Adoration renews a provocative intellectual vision
Film | by Denis Seguin

The Business of Saving the Earth

The Business of Saving the Earth

Ecological economists are assigning a price to watersheds and other biological factories
Environment | by Chris Wood

Monkey’s Lunch

Monkey’s Lunch

Pounding rounds with poachers turned protectors
Field Notes | by Matt Mossman

Review: Butterfly Mind

Review: Butterfly Mind

Of dictatorships and drinks
Book Review | by Patrick White

Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch

Security strategies for the war zone
Field Notes | by Spencer Osberg

Child’s Play

Child’s Play

Why hasn’t Quebec re-established a minimum age for employment?
Society | by Michel Arseneault

Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons

Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons

From the October 2006 issue: the rise of Canada’s religious right.
Walrus Wayback Machine | by Marci McDonald

Q&A: Paul Gross and Passchendaele

Q&A: Paul Gross and Passchendaele

An interview with the writer/director and review of his epic new World War I movie, Passchendaele
From the Blogs | by

Review: The Retreat

Review: The Retreat

David Bergen puts on a clinic
Book Review | by Danielle Groen

Bolivia’s Water Fight

Bolivia’s Water Fight

Will violence in Bolivia deny water rights to its indigenous people?
Online Exclusive | by Daniel Aldana Cohen

The World According to Škvorecký

The World According to Škvorecký

With his new novel, the Czech Canadian dissident returns to his past
Literature | by Randy Boyagoda

Cross to Bear

Cross to Bear

Praying for safe passage in Morocco
Field Notes | by Marcello Di Cintio

Election Day in Chicago

Election Day in Chicago

A photo essay in Chicago, from the South Side to Grant Park on election day.
Online Exclusive | by Salimah Ebrahim

Review: The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

Review: The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

Don Thompson’s comprehensive account of the world of contemporary art
Book Review | by Jared Bland

Bonus Gallery: Our Faces, Our Selves

Bonus Gallery: Our Faces, Our Selves

Online-only bonus: Identify yourself with the Identi-Kit.
Online Exclusive | by Giles Revell & Matt Willey

Letters: October/November 2008

Letters: October/November 2008

On Marion Botsford’s post-colonial travel writing, the Trans-Canada highway, and more.
Plus, one reader calls us “hip” and “fancy.”
Letters | by The Walrus Readers

The Incinerator Incident

The Incinerator Incident

I fell into a burning ring of fire
Yarn | by Michael Winter

Hello, I’m Your Food

Hello, I’m Your Food

Analysing South Korea’s fast food signage
From the Blogs | by Joel McConvey

Grim Repo

Grim Repo

Speculator behaviour is ravaging cities. Can we resist the hot deal?
Urban Affairs | by Charles Montgomery

Fired in Stone

Fired in Stone

A Serbian monk burns through Kosovo
Field Notes | by Michael Levitin

Red Dog, Red Dog

Red Dog, Red Dog

Excerpt from Patrick Lane’s debut novel
Fiction | by Patrick Lane

The First Little Mosque on the Prairie

The First Little Mosque on the Prairie

A Canadianized version of Islam once flourished out west. Can it take root again?
Religion | by Guy Saddy

Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008

Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008

Message from the President & CEO
Imaginings | by Kevin Chong

Baffin Island Expedition

Baffin Island Expedition

Photos from Sept 2-12 aboard the Lyubov Orlova
Walrus Arctic Expedition | by Team Orlova, photos by Douglas Knight

Review: Once

Review: Once

Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut collection of stories in a Toronto setting
Book Review | by Daniel Baird

You are The Walrus. Happy 5th Anniversary!

You are The Walrus. Happy 5th Anniversary!

Happy birthday to us. And okay, you too.
Milestone | by Shelley Ambrose and John Macfarlane

Our Faces, Our Selves

Our Faces, Our Selves

Self portraits via the police Identi-Kit
Photo Essay | by Giles Revell, Matt Willey and Matthew McKinnon

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