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2009.05

May 2009

That Old Flame

That Old Flame

After sixty years, Harlequin Romance books are still enslaving readers. What’s their secret?
Books | by Don Gillmor
Are We Safe Yet?

Are We Safe Yet?

Eight years after 9/11, Canada is still far from secure
Security | by Daniel Stoffman

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note

On the May 2009 issue of The Walrus
Editor's Note | by John Macfarlane

Chop Chop Square

Chop Chop Square

Inside Saudi Arabia’s brutal justice system
Field Notes | by Adam St. Patrick

Safety First

Safety First

An illustrated story by Leslie Supnet
Comics | by Leslie Supnet

The Intruder

The Intruder

A suspenseful new short story by Craig Boyko
Fiction | by Craig Boyko

Book Review: The Winter Vault

Book Review: The Winter Vault

A new book by Anne Michaels
Walrus Reads | by Alison Pick

Win a copy of Craig Boyko’s Blackouts!

Win a copy of Craig Boyko’s Blackouts!

Courtesy of McClelland & Stewart
Online Exclusive | by The Walrus

Brisebois Drive

Brisebois Drive

In our noisy, wired age, the bit players of history are consigned to oblivion
History | by Aritha van Herk

The McLachlin Group

The McLachlin Group

How Canada’s first female Chief Justice has taken the heat off the Supreme Court
Law | by Susan Harada

Letters: May 2009

Letters: May 2009

Readers respond to Peter Foster on Adam Smith, the NFB and more
Letters | by The Walrus Readers

No Small Mercy

No Small Mercy

How a Rwandan genocide survivor made peace with the man who almost killed her
International Affairs | by Jina Moore

Space Cadets

Space Cadets

Who will be the next Marc Garneau?
Overheard | by Anonymous

The Walrus Presents...

The Walrus Presents...

Michael Ignatieff’s Czarist takeover bid? Read our monthly comic strip
Comics | by Jason Sherman and David Parkins

Hooking Without Crooking

Hooking Without Crooking

Prostitution is nice work if you can get it decriminalized
Firsthand | by Juliet November

Book Review: Who We Are

Book Review: Who We Are

A review of Rudyard Griffith’s Who We Are: A Citizens Manifesto
Walrus Reads | by Daniel Baird

Book Review: Buying Cigarettes For The Dog

Book Review: Buying Cigarettes For The Dog

A new book by Stuart Ross
Walrus Reads | by Mark Medley

Harlequin Romance Covers

Harlequin Romance Covers

A gallery of Harlequin covers from the 1950s to the present
Online Exclusive | by The Walrus

Onychomychosis

Onychomychosis

A new poem for The Walrus by Barbara Nickel
Poetry | by Barbara Nickel

The Poetry of Grief

The Poetry of Grief

Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve brings the Polytechnique massacre to the screen
Film | by Melora Koepke

Walk to the Black Rock

Walk to the Black Rock

Montreal’s Irish community remembers its dead
Field Notes | by Shelagh Plunkett

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