Articles in Literature


September 2009

Jack Kerouac: Québécois?

The Americas Society divvies up a literary icon

Alice in Borderland

A trip through Munro country, where the writer became herself


June 2009

Canadian Primal

Five poet-thinkers redefine our relationship to nature


April 2009

Not-So-Mechanical Worlds

Struan Sinclair bridges the gap between print and virtual reality


December 2008

The Last of the Wild Jews

Is it the end of an era for Jewish-American writing?


October 2008

The World According to Škvorecký

With his new novel, the Czech Canadian dissident returns to his past


July 2008

Africa’s Latin Quarter

Despite bleak poverty, Mozambique’s multi-ethnic literary culture thrives


July 2007


June 2007

Verse and Versatility WalrusPrime Article

Central America’s poets confront the era of globalization


July 2006

The Ends of the Earth WalrusPrime Article

The literature of two island outposts, Newfoundland and Tasmania, has captured the international imagination

APRIL 2010
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