Aere perennius
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When She Wakes
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Reminders
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Old Things
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Back to Banff
Two decades ago, I attempted to take on the Waskahegan Trail, a 300-kilometre loop that starts and ends in Edmonton, traversing the farmland, valleys, and rolling prairies of central Alberta. A day and a half after I hiked out the front door, my right knee rebelled and I phoned my wife for a pickup. But… The post Back to Banff appeared first on Literary Review of Canada .
Ranks and Files
When Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, declined to defend his championship title in 2022, he gave up the throne and disrupted the system. For over a decade, Carlsen had reigned supreme. The thirty-five-year-old Norwegian grandmaster is the five‑time world champion in classical chess, the six-time rapid champion, the nine-time blitz champion,… The post Ranks and Files appeared…
Homer on the Range
Act 1. “Go West, young man.” The nineteenth-century newspaper man Horace Greeley is said to have declaimed it first, and he meant it as inspiration. The frontier, the clean slate, the honest wage for honest hands. According to legend, the full quote continues: “There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds… The post Homer on the Range appeared first on Literary Review of Canada .
Man of the Hour
On November 1, 1902, a telegram landed at Rideau Hall, asking Lord Minto to “receive globe encircling message via England, South Africa, Australia and Pacific Cable congratulating Canada and the Empire on completion of the first segment state controlled electric girdle the harbinger of incalculable advantages, national and general.” The sender of this staccato rhapsody… The post Man of the Hour…
Not the Same as Reading It
I wish my father, Norman Barwin, or my mother, Myrna Barwin — or indeed both of them, as they were equally responsible — had been more careful when they conceived me. Procreation is a matter of which particular sperm meets which particular egg, and so its composition is fluid. (It is like reading: that conjunction of a certain text with… The post Not the Same as Reading It appeared first on…
Foods for Thought
Funerals, they say, are for the living. The stories we share about those who have come and gone tell us as much about ourselves as they do about the past. What do we want to remember? What would we rather forget? The answers change, as we do. Acquired Tastes tells the life stories of people… The post Foods for Thought appeared first on Literary Review of Canada .