All posts by Claire Cameron

September 28th, 2010

FUNNY WOMEN #33: What She Really Thinks About Sex

After more than two years of deliberation, the suggestions from thirteen expert groups that have been working on the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (used to diagnose recognized psychological disorders) are now available online.
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November 20th, 2009

No Love Lost: Damien Hirst Faces the Old Masters

Photography by Billie Scheepers c. Damien Hirst. All rights reserved, DACS 2009At the end of his exhibit, I came across a guide called, “Damien Hirst’s Wallace Collection Trail,” containing short, chatty write-ups on twenty-six works in the permanent collection that have ‘ignited’ his imagination. For the next hour, with Hirst as my guide, I followed the trail. …more

September 21st, 2009

The Rumpus Interview with Trucker Desiree

“I really had nothing left in my life when I came to trucking, just the clothes on my back.” …more

May 7th, 2009

What Will Become of the Word “Ponzi”?

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When Bernard Madoff described his investment business as a ‘giant Ponzi scheme’, he gave a somewhat obscure phrase, used to describe a swindle that pays early investors using money from later investors, a huge boost. …more

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Claire Cameron's first novel, The Line Painter, was published in 2007 by HarperCollins Canada. It won the Northern Lit Award and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel. Her work has recently appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and on NPR.

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