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The article discusses the differences in which Canadians and Americans perceive each other. It is noted that Americans are benevolently uninformed about Canada while Canadians are malevolently well-informed about the U.S. According to the author, while Canadians live and write as though the border is everywhere, Americans do as if there is no border at all, with the result that everyone must be either identical or invisible to them, or, in the Canadian case, an oscillating combination of the two. He added that to write, represent, or reflect in Canada is to write about, against, and sometimes across the border.

Discusses the written language in literature in Canada. Differences in the vocabulary in Canadian literature; Influence of British English and American English on the written language in Canadian literature; Variations in the syntax in Canadian literature.

An introduction is presented to this issue, containing articles on such subjects as the impact of 9/11 on U.S.-Canadian relations, the notion of cultural citizenship, and native Canadian literature.