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Lay It Down

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Out Around the Bay

When Wanda bought the house, she didn’t imagine that anyone in the community would recognize that she and Lynn were queer.

My Too Little Time With Mavis Gallant

Remembering one of the masters of the modern short story, who died today at the age of 91. The author recounts the lessons he learned from his all too brief run-ins with the expatriate Canadian writer.

Which Criminals Get to Be Human?

In The News: A User’s Manual, Alain de Botton argues that more sensitive portrayals of criminals would lead to greater empathy. But news media doesn’t completely refrain from humanizing criminals—it just depends on their skin colour.