Readings

A Sidewalk Grows in Hamilton

Frustrated over the stonewalled bureaucracy of city planning, concerned citizens have started taking bylaws into their own hands, a movement they’re calling tactical urbanism.

Night Films, Terror Novels: An Interview with Marisha Pessl

The author, who debuted in 2006 with Special Topics in Calamity Physics, talks about crafting the dark, dense world of her latest novel, Night Film; why she prefers terror to horror; and following Woody Allen through the streets of Manhattan.

When Children See Miracles

Some kids are said to see angels—for evidence, consult online forums, or Anthony de Sa’s protagonist in Kicking the Sky. It makes sense that children would be more attuned to the fantastical, less skeptical of the world around them. But is this true—or is it a fantasy held by grown-ups?

The Myth of Multiculturalism

Raising a mixed-race son in the Canadian city with the most mix-race couples is a dream borne of the Trudeau era. But Vancouver is a city of appearances, and diversity is much more complicated than it seems.