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Stan Douglas: Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971 restages conflict that shaped our city

This slender but amply illustrated book addresses a monumental photomural, Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, located in the atrium of the recent Woodward’s development in the Downtown Eastside.

Jodi Kantor's The Obamas explores the splendid misery of the White House

By Doug Sarti | February 8, 2012

The first lady comes off more sympathetically than she’s frequently portrayed. The president, on the other hand, doesn’t fare so well.

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Rights Gone Wrong delves into a subtle side of discrimination

By Daniel Tseghay | February 8, 2012

Richard Thompson Ford argues that sometimes civil-rights thinking can distract attention from the real problems.

Trampoline Hall lecture series arrives in Vancouver

By Brian Lynch | January 25, 2012

Expertise is wildly overrated.

Thomas Frank's Pity the Billionaire examines the unlikely resurgence of the American right

By Brian Lynch | January 25, 2012

The veteran cultural critic marvels at conservatism’s bizarre resilience in the wake of a financial meltdown that put unregulated capitalism on the rocks.

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William Gibson set to discuss new nonfiction collection Distrust That Particular Flavor

By Brian Lynch | January 19, 2012

The revered Vancouver author brings his latest book to a Writers Fest event on January 25.

John Huston: Courage and Art adds colour to a filmmaker's legacy

By John Lekich | January 18, 2012

Writer-director John Huston made 40 movies between 1941 and 1987. The two films that bookend his long career say a great deal about what Huston could accomplish at his best.

The undead weave through Colson Whitehead's Zone One

By Michael Hingston | January 18, 2012

Its vision of a postapocalyptic New York City, where teams of amateur soldiers roam the streets in search of any stray remaining undead, is foreboding and appropriately caked with ash and grime.

John Jeremiah Sullivan's Pulphead is a perfect balance of wit and gravitas

By Jennifer Croll | January 4, 2012

This collection of stories written between 1999 and 2011 covers a wide range of topics, but the author's distinct voice is constant.

James Wolcott pens a love letter to 1970s New York in Lucking Out

By Adrian Mack | January 4, 2012

The charmed if not charming career of one of the last razzle-dazzle cultural critics still standing is brought to life in this disarmingly warm autobiography.

Book review: When the Gods Changed, by Peter C. Newman

By Charlie Smith | January 1, 2012

The former Maclean's editor's new book chronicles the rise and fall of the Liberal Party of Canada, paying special attention to the leadership of Michael Ignatieff.

Stephen King's 11/22/63 rewinds time to the JFK assassination

By Doug Sarti | December 30, 2011

It’s a great story, and one that King has obviously poured a lot of himself into. The big payoff, however, is in his carefully nuanced re-creation of the past.

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Yu Hua's China in Ten Words surveys a complex nation

By David Chau | December 28, 2011

"My task here," writes Yu Hua in the introduction, "is to reverse normal procedure...whatever discomfort that may entail."

Charlotte Gill illuminates the tree-planting lifestyle in Eating Dirt

By Alexander Varty | December 28, 2011

There are so few really great books about life in the Pacific Northwest that it seems churlish to quibble with a pretty good one.

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Former NPA councillor Peter Ladner gets to the root of The Urban Food Revolution

By Matthew Burrows | December 15, 2011

Former Non-Partisan Association city councillor Peter Ladner has a new book, The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities.

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Drawing out 2011's best graphic novels

By John Lucas | December 15, 2011

I certainly didn’t read every comic book or graphic novel published in 2011, and I don’t think I read any at all in which the characters were attired in capes and tights.

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