Real Magic

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

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Paul Farenbacher’s Yard Sale

Fiction

Paul Farenbacher’s Yard Sale

Excerpted from the author’s forthcoming debut collection


Editor’s Note

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Editor’s Note

Introducing the March 2010 issue of The Walrus


A Tale of Two Cities

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By the end of the opening credits of the first episode of MTV's The Buried…


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Firestorm

Visual Art

Firestorm

The National Gallery’s acquisition of Voice of Fire created a massive controversy. Could it happen today?


Letters

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Letters

Atonement, Havana Affair, and Pilgrim’s Progress


Living on a Lighted Stage

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Living on a Lighted Stage

Are we finally ready to take Rush seriously?



Melting Plots

Books

Melting Plots

Two recent novels illuminate immigrants’ different experiences in English and French Canada


The Unsporting Event

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The Unsporting Event

Do the Paralympic Games encourage athletes to win big by aiming low?


Bird Calling

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Bird Calling

Captivated by an endangered avian species, the former director of the Calgary Zoo becomes the world’s foremost expert in its propagation


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Star-Crossed

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Star-Crossed

Science fiction contains worlds of wonder, but without love it’s lonely in space


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Three Meals in Afghanistan

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Three Meals in Afghanistan

In cities and villages alike, a country seeking change clings tightly to its past


Law of the Jungle

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Law of the Jungle

A new free trade deal implicates Canada in Peru’s Indian Problem



MARCH 2010
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