July/Aug 2009
Photo: Niagara Falls, 1840
by The Walrus
How academics found the first photograph to be taken in Canada
Fiction
Three Tales of Terror
by The Walrus
Three new horror stories by Rivka Galchen, Lee Henderson, and Stephen Marche
More Stories in this issue
Film
Unrepentant
by Gare Joyce
A profile of screenwriter Budd Schulberg (1914-2009), from the June 2004 issue of The Walrus
Ghost Story
Real Estate
by Rivka Galchen
A week or so later, I had a repeat of the phantom string cheese episode
Memoir
Sibling Rivalry Redux
by Georgie Binks
As parents grow old, the children who care for them don’t always grow up
Profile
Grand Slam Chief
by Patrick White
Does Phil Fontaine have what it takes to lead the First Nations’ next generation?
Science Fiction
The Crow Procedure
by Stephen Marche
The surgery to give Mr Dapple the wings of a crow was scheduled to take twelve minutes
Online Exclusive
An Arboreal History
by Lauchie Reid
According to the Guild of St. Luke: an illustration series. » View Photo Gallery «
Online Exclusive
Q&A: Camille Paglia
by David Balzer
“We’re in a period of what Northrop Frye would have called the winter phase of irony and satire.”
Western
The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane
by Joseph Boyden
“There shall be no drinking and no cussing at the funeral of any man,” he whined
Poetry
Louis Slotin You Will Not Turn Forty (after Ted Hughes)
by Michael Lista
A new poem by Michael Lista
Books
On Hugh MacLennan’s Watch
by Nick Mount
Hugh MacLennan’s bestseller The Watch That Ends the Night turns fifty
Profile
At The Gastown Riot
by Leigh Kamping-Carder
Vancouver artist Stan Douglas reimagines a neighbourhood’s troubled past
Theatre
Head and Heart
by Misha Aster
Director Robert Carsen brings a Canadian temperament to the world’s great opera houses
International Affairs
The Case for Europe
by Nick Fraser
As Europe swings to the right, BBC journalist Nick Fraser asks: is the EU worth saving?
Economics
Canada’s Merchant Banker
by John Lorinc
Is the recession really over? Read a profile of the Bank of Canada’s Governor, Mark Carney.
Religion
Enter The Holy Now
by Christopher Frey
How African Pentacostalism is commercializing global Christianity
Letters
Letters: July/Aug 2009
by The Walrus Readers
Letters in response to the June 2009 issue of The Walrus.
Comics
The Walrus Presents...
by Jason Sherman and David Parkins
Karlheinz Schreiber lubricates Canada
