Oct/Nov 2008

Yarn

The Incinerator Incident

by Michael Winter

Fiction

Red Dog, Red Dog

by Patrick Lane

Environment

The Business of Saving the Earth

by Chris Wood

Ecological economists are assigning a price to watersheds and other biological factories…[more]

Film

The Unsettler

by Denis Seguin

Atom Egoyan’s Adoration renews a provocative intellectual vision…[more]

Milestone

You are The Walrus. Happy 5th Anniversary!

by Shelley Ambrose and John Macfarlane

Happy birthday to us. And okay, you too.…[more]

From the Blogs

Q&A;: Paul Gross and Passchendaele

An interview with the writer/director and review of his epic new World War I movie, Passchendaele…[more]

Photo Essay

Our Faces, Our Selves

by Giles Revell, Matt Willey and Matthew McKinnon

Self portraits via the police Identi-Kit. » View Photo Gallery «

From the Blogs

Chester Brown’s Zombie Romance

by Sean Rogers

Amid zombie crisis, Toronto faces uncertain future…[more]

Field Notes

Monkey’s Lunch

by Matt Mossman

Pounding rounds with poachers turned protectors…[more]

Field Notes

Fired in Stone

by Michael Levitin

A Serbian monk burns through Kosovo…[more]

From the Blogs

Hello, I’m Your Food

by Joel McConvey

Analysing South Korea’s fast food signage…[more]

Religion

The First Little Mosque on the Prairie

by Guy Saddy

A Canadianized version of Islam once flourished out west. Can it take root again?…[more]

Literature

The World According to Škvorecký

by Randy Boyagoda

With his new novel, the Czech Canadian dissident returns to his past…[more]

Book Review

Review: Once

by Daniel Baird

Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut collection of stories in a Toronto setting…[more]

Online Exclusive

Bonus Gallery: Our Faces, Our Selves

by Giles Revell & Matt Willey

Online-only bonus: Identify yourself with the Identi-Kit. . » View Photo Gallery «

Book Review

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

by Jared Bland

Don Thompson’s comprehensive account of the world of contemporary art…[more]

Field Notes

Cross to Bear

by Marcello Di Cintio

Praying for safe passage in Morocco…[more]

Urban Affairs

Grim Repo

by Charles Montgomery

Speculator behaviour is ravaging cities. Can we resist the hot deal?…[more]

Photography

The Chinese Dust Bowl

by Benoit Aquin & Patrick Alleyn

Photographer Benoit Aquin has won the Prix Pictet for his work on “Dust Bowl”, first published in October 2007. …[more]

Field Notes

Neighbourhood Watch

by Spencer Osberg

Security strategies for the war zone…[more]

Book Review

Review: Butterfly Mind

by Patrick White

Of dictatorships and drinks…[more]

Online Exclusive

Bolivia’s Water Fight

by Daniel Aldana Cohen

Will violence in Bolivia deny water rights to its indigenous people? . » View Photo Gallery «

Letters

Letters: October/November 2008

by The Walrus Readers

On Marion Botsford’s post-colonial travel writing, the Trans-Canada highway, and more.
Plus, one reader calls us “hip” and “fancy.”…[more]

Society

Child’s Play

by Michel Arseneault

Why hasn’t Quebec re-established a minimum age for employment?…[more]

Walrus Arctic Expedition

Baffin Island Expedition

by Team Orlova, photos by Douglas Knight

Photos from Sept 2-12 aboard the Lyubov Orlova. » View Photo Gallery «

Imaginings

Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008

by Kevin Chong

Message from the President & CEO…[more]

Book Review

Review: The Retreat

by Danielle Groen

David Bergen puts on a clinic…[more]

Walrus Wayback Machine

Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons

by Marci McDonald

From the October 2006 issue: the rise of Canada’s religious right.…[more]