March 2010
Life on the Instalment Plan
by Marian Botsford Fraser
Is Canada’s penal system for women making or breaking Renée Acoby?Illustration by Stephen Appleby-Barr
Travel
Three Meals in Afghanistan
by Naheed Mustafa
In cities and villages alike, a country seeking change clings tightly to its past
Fiction
Paul Farenbacher’s Yard Sale
by Sarah Selecky
Excerpted from the author’s forthcoming debut collection
More Stories in this issue
Field Note
Law of the Jungle
by Arno Kopecky
A new free trade deal implicates Canada in Peru’s Indian Problem
Essay
Star-Crossed
by Troy Jollimore
Science fiction contains worlds of wonder, but without love it’s lonely in space
Frontier
The Unsporting Event
by Erin Millar
Do the Paralympic Games encourage athletes to win big by aiming low?
Online Exclusive
The Ice Man
by Bree Seeley
In conversation with polar wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen
Books
Melting Plots
by Nav Purewal
Two recent novels illuminate immigrants’ different experiences in English and French Canada
Online Exclusive
Desktop Wallpaper: Trees
by Leanne Shapton
Download exclusive wallpaper from the March 2010 issue of The Walrus
Profile
Bird Calling
by Marcello Di Cintio
Captivated by an endangered avian species, the former director of the Calgary Zoo becomes the world’s foremost expert in its propagation
Visual Art
Firestorm
by Greg Buium
The National Gallery’s acquisition of Voice of Fire created a massive controversy. Could it happen today?
Health
Real Magic
by Robert Fulford
At a special weight loss program for men, the author discovers that the only way to stop overeating is to start believing
