Wednesday, January 7

City Still Breathing: Listening to the Weakerthans

Paul Tough

There were four people on stage, four white men in their late twenties and early thirties playing electric guitar and bass and drums. The shortest and skinniest one was standing in the middle, in front of a microphone, a guitar strapped around his neck. He was wearing a black T-shirt and jeans rolled up at the bottom in a single wide fold, like a farmer. »»

Notes on Haida Manga

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Many of us are still stuck in the old game, the wooden Indian, the abandoned village, the romantic image of the vanishing people. There is a political market for that myth. But we’re here, alive if not always market-ready. »»

Featured | Celebrity

Swinging with Gabrielle

André Vanasse

An excerpt from Gabrielle Roy: A Passion for Writing. The author apologizes to Roy and is introduced to Miss Esther Perfect. »»

 

Opinion

Civilian Camo

George Fetherling

Where did today’s urban camouflage fashions originate—and why? »»

 

Dispatches

Window Booth at Rapido

Deborah Ostrovsky

Poor Yeti. He’s chosen to watch tv outside a diner filled with miserable people from far-flung places. »»

 

Findings

The Little Towns of Bethlehem

You will find the babe wrapped in cast-off flannel in Esther, Alberta. »»

Dirty Old Demon

The Devil has a demon, his name is Santa Claus. »»

In Camera

Lost Memories

Kazuyoshi Ehara

Kazuyoshi Ehara's award-winning photo essay, which is the story of a family's daily challenges when a loved one is living with Alzheimer's. »»

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Salal: Listening for the Northwest Understory

By
Laurie Ricou

Reviewed by Alana Mairs

In Salal: Listening for the Northwest Under­story, the adaptable, dependable, botanical underdog plant becomes a link between science, economics, poetry and history. »»

The Emergence of Memory

By
Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Reviewed by Michael Hayward

The Emergence of Memory: Conversations with W.G. Sebald demonstrates the enduring appeal of the author's themes, “the destruction of the natural world and the graceless incursions of technology; the overriding significance of memory.” »»

The Wild Places

By
Robert Macfarlane

Reviewed by Michael Hayward

In The Wild Places, the author travels the British isles in search of the few remaining vestiges of wilderness. This is neither tourism nor travelogue, but a form of spiritual quest. »»