In the latest edition of the Eminent Lives Series, Canadian-born Ross King, author of last year’s The Judgment of Paris, tells the life story of Renaissance political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli.King’s adherence to a linear timeline ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
The last time anarchy seized the cultural moment was in the late 1970s, with a musical revolution called “punk rock.” Since then, it’s been fairly quiet on the Western front (artistically speaking, that is). Anarchy ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
American Power gathers together seven transcribed “talks” from the first two seasons of the invitation-only Grano Speakers Series, held in an upscale Toronto restaurant over the past few years. The list of speakers is extraordinary ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Author and former Toronto Star photo journalist Paul Watson inadvertently caught the world’s attention in October 1993, with his infamous photograph of the corpse of an American helicopter crew member being dragged through a dusty ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Call it a bad trip. This not-so-fantastic voyage through the nuances of human consciousness is at once annoyingly personal and frustratingly complex. Author Jeff Warren writes with a light, funny, and accessible touch, but the ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Books attempting to explain “what went wrong” in Iraq (to borrow the title of a canonical neo-conservative text on the Middle East) are getting to be very thick on the ground. Indeed, The Mess They ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The question of whether identity politics have a role to play in art or literature is a contentious one, inspiring strong sentiment on both sides of the argument. Montreal-based journalist Matthew Hays poses that question, ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Dick Pound is probably best known to Canadians as the former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee and later the crusading head of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He also finds the time to serve as ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The Orange Trees of Baghdad is a found memoir, a record of partial memories and secondhand observations of world events. In it, Canadian-Iraqi author and journalist Leilah Nadir strikes out to learn about the lives ... Read More »
October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
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