Essay

| | Jowita Bydlowska
Second Tongues

At the age of fifteen, knowing hardly a word of English, she comes to Canada from Poland. This is how it was: two different languages, two different lives.

| | Lola Landekic
Spook Stories: All Writers are Spies

Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth takes the spy novel to metafictional new heights. But the history behind it is as gripping as any thriller.

Immigrant with an Asterisk

An American on the trials of becoming Canadian.

My Mother's Arranged Marriage

A victim of tradition; a secret genius.

| John Cusack and Angelica Huston in Stephen Frears' The Grifters
Tales from the Conman's Daughter

Online, door-to-door: a hustle's a hustle, says a woman who knows.

| | Lola Landekic
My Musical Heroes Don't Go To the Bathroom

Living legends—even those as distinguished as music producer Joe Boyd—are less cool than ghosts.

How Should a Person House-Sit?

Reading Sheila Heti’s latest novel in Sheila Heti’s apartment. While feeding her rabbit. And wearing her lipstick.