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Winter Archive

How to Act When You’re Not Acting

by Sheila Heti Three ideas for the underemployed thespian. [full text]

Eating Well

by Monica Kidd Hospitals should be on the front lines of the food revolution. Instead, they’re still churning out the same processed, unappetizing fare. [full text]

Tourists of Consciousness

by Jeff Warren As researchers explore using psychedelic drugs to treat mental illness, a powerful Amazonian hallucinogen is gaining the most devoted followers of all. [full text]

Listen Carefully

by Kate Molleson Classical music is suddenly fashionable. But how do we decide which composers are worthy of buzz? [full text]

Confessions of a Sexsomniac

by Salvatore Ciolfi A very private disorder can quickly turn traumatic. [full text]

Born Here

by Farrah Merali Palestinian rappers are returning to hip hop’s political roots. Just don’t ask them to fix the Arab-Israeli conflict. [full text]

Igloolik

by Taqralik Partridge The first-place story from the 2010 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

Mother’s Little Helper

by Michele Ann Jenkins One of two second-place stories from the 2010 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

Speed Dating

by Joshua Levy One of two second-place stories from the 2010 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]

Dear Maisonneuve, Issue 38

by Various Contributors Letters from our readers. [full text]

Great Expectations

by Pasha Malla Five years ago, Rob was attacked and left for dead. That day has haunted him ever since.

Cast Off

by Candice Vallantin Buying vintage clothes isn’t as ethical as it seems.

Red Meat Berlin

by Chris Urquhart A winter in Germany spent napping in tree houses, eating expired food and posing naked.

The Music Room, Issue 38

by Ryan McNutt The season’s best albums.

The Book Room, Issue 38

by Madeline Coleman The season’s best reads.

Nomadia

by Kitra Cahana and Chris Urquhart Portraits of nomadic youth in America.

Fed Up Yet?

by Nadine Bismuth From the story collection Are You Married to a Psychopath?, shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General’s Awards.

2 Poems

by Jim Johnstone “Against Sense” and “Post Hoc.”
Tenth Anniversary: Spring

ISSUE 43 Tenth Anniversary: Spring 2012

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also in this issue:

  • Face the Music

    by Tim Falconer How can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness.

  • The Big Job

    by Deni Y. Béchard As a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past.

  • The Homesickness of Astronauts

    by Johanna Skibsrud "She felt a great sadness. She would remember next to nothing of this, even soon."
  • [see full issue contents]