Literary Review of Canada – September 2023: The September issue features Michael Taube on Jason Kenney, the life of Jack Austin, the legacy of a horse racing dynasty, our tenacious statistics bureau, memories of melmac, and Vincent Lam’s latest—with a cover from Alexander MacAskill.
A Noble Craft
Jason Guriel’s very specific type of fun
The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles By Jason Guriel
Forgotten Work By Jason Guriel
The question is asked all the time, usually in unpoetic moments; it’s an occupational hazard of teaching literature. There I’ll be at the clinic, sinuses on fire, when sure enough the doctor asks, “What’s your favourite book?” My practised answer, no hemming and hawing, is Moby-Dick. Everyone’s heard of it, and it sounds reassuringly substantial. (No one wants to hear a professor say Twilight.) “Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience,” I’ll mumble to myself as I walk out with my prescription.
Ceremonial Matters
On those important rituals by Kyle Wyatt
His Truck Stops Here
The quick end to Jason Kenney’s long career by Michael Taube
A Sum of Parts
Paying tribute to John English by Daniel Woolf
The Senator
When Jack Austin went to Ottawa by Jeff Costen
Boomers Daily 