December 2011
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The 75 best songs of 2011
As selected by our music critic, Chandler Levack. You might be surprised.
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Our favourite long-form journalism of 2011
The author, reading some highbrow long-form journalism.
Check out our editor-in-chief Drew Nelles’ picks for the best longreads of the year, including work from the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the Boston Globe, n+1 and, of course, Maisonneuve.
Favourite Longreads of 2011, Plus a Few Picks From the Mag
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Maisy's Most-Read Stories of 2011
Presenting: Maisonneuve’s third-annual roundup of our most-read articles and blog posts of the year! A burst of interest on Reddit drove Julie Salverson’s “They Never Told Us These Things,” a thoughtful rumination on disaster and the a-bomb, to the top of the list. Articles about feminism were hugely popular, with no less than five making it into the top twenty. And Mike Spry’s response to...
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What if Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il met...
CH: You must not know ‘bout me. I’m Christopher Hitchens. I’m the finest essayist of the century, according to myself and maybe some other people. Who are you?
KJI: I am Kim Jong-Il, aka Dear Leader, aka Dear Leader Who is a Perfect Incarnation of the Appearance that a Leader Should Have, aka Sun of the Communist Future, aka Shining Star of Paektu Mountain, aka Guarantee of the Fatherland’s...
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Presenting: the winners of the 2011 Quebec Writing...
First place: “Someone Has to Save Us From This” by Kasper Hartman
Second place: “Kingers” by Gary Leclerc
Second Place: “A Photo Examination” by Tijana Stojković
Painting by James Benjamin Franklin.
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Our Winter issue is on stands today!
Our Winter 2011 issue is on stands today! Featuring:
—An exposé on collusion in Montreal snow removal
—The religious controversy in the Downtown Eastside
—Canada’s tar-sands man in Washington
—The NDP after Jack
—A cultural history of the ironic cover
—The curse of Fernie, BC
—Why we need to forget
—How to be stupid about art
—Fact and fiction in Kabul
—Facebook chat
—Who are...
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Why Mr. Christie Blatchford obviously needs a big,...
“I met Mr. Blatchford once at the Governor General’s Award Ceremony in Ottawa. He was wearing a black gown for some reason, which very much is counter to his argument that men should be more manly.”
Hugging Christie Blatchford
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A sneak peek at our Winter 2011 issue
Check out what’s in Maisonneuve Issue 42, on newsstands everywhere December 16!
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Maisonneuve exposes rampant bid-rigging in...
“In Maisonneuve’s upcoming Winter 2011 issue, an exclusive investigative report reveals the shocking extent of violence and bid-rigging in an unlikely industry: snow removal.”
Read more.
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“Stay tuned today for a major investigative announcement from Maisonneuve.”
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Subscribe to 2 mags, get 1 free
Magazines Canada’s fantastic Buy 2, Get 1 Free deal is back on! Treat yourself (or a loved one) and subscribe to Maisonneuve and a few of our friend-mags, like the Walrus, Geist, This, Brick, Broken Pencil or Canadian Notes & Queries. Truly, the gift that keeps on giving.
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How Catholic kitsch is holding out against the...
“Catholic iconography stands guard against the aesthetic imperatives of newcomers whose taste for prosciutto is more affected than acculturated.”
The Italians, the French and the Catholic Shrines of Brooklyn
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We're now accepting applications for our winter... →
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