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Articles by
Sam Shelstad
Sam Shelstad lives in Toronto, Ontario. His first book of short stories, Cop House, was released this fall by Nightwood Editions.
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December 21, 2017This Year’s Top-Selling Book is an Accent Pillow
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July 18, 2017A Few Questions Before We Decide to Let You Join Our Running Club
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December 14, 2015Trampolines Were Supposed to Bring Us Closer Together, But I Think They’re Driving Us Further Apart
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July 6, 2015Pool Rules
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February 27, 2015Sentient Cloud of Poisonous Gas Seeks Companion
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July 2, 2014Minutes from a Town Hall Meeting of My Anxieties
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August 28, 2013This Deer Won’t Look Both Ways
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January 17, 2013The Right Time
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August 12, 2019List: Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your Ph.D. Program?
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August 9, 2019We Need a Wizard Who Can Appeal to the Moderate Orc Voter
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August 25, 2016I Would Rather Do Anything Else Than Write the Syllabus for Your Class
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August 19, 2019Monologue: A Future Message From Generation X’s Reverse Mortgage Pitchman, Trent Reznor
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August 23, 2019We Need a Republican Nominee Whose Disdain for Marginalized People is Less Obvious
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August 23, 2019List: A Parents’ Guide to Surviving the College Drop-Off
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August 23, 2019Monologue: I Am Marianne Williamson and, to Clarify, the ‘Dark Psychic Force’ I Mentioned Is the Algerian Military and Its Refusal to Cede Power to the Hirak
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August 23, 2019List: Things Trump Can Do to Win Democrats’ Votes