Madonna: Bawdy & Soul

Karlene Faith has added her name to the list of authors willing to try to figure out why Madonna – the singer, not the religious icon – alternately pleases and pisses off so many people. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Scorned & Beloved: Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics

By Bill Richardson

The title of Bill Richardson’s new book is taken from a painting by Emily Carr, but it’s the subtitle, Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics, that’s particularly revealing. Thanatos and campy Eros are the ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Shania Twain: On My Way

By Dallas Williams

Pop culture observers cannot escape the Shania Twain phenomenon. Since 1995, the Timmins, Ontario native has achieved five number-one hits and 20 music industry awards. Sexy videos and a high public profile have helped crown ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Morningside Years

By Peter Gzowski

Peter Gzowski hosted Morningside on CBC Radio for 15 years and, in the process, became a household name. The Morningside Years is a selection of his favourite moments from the 9,000 hours of radio air ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Fresh Air: The Private Thoughts of a Public Broadcaster

By Peter Downie

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Emily Carr: An Introduction to Her Life and Art

By Anne Newlands

Books about artists and their art can be virtually unreadable when they cater only to specialists. Anne Newlands avoids this pitfall in her book about Emily Carr.This lucid and accessible introduction to Carr’s work can ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Robert Lepage: Connecting Flights

By Robert Lepage in conversation with Rémy Charest

In Connecting Flights, Quebec actor, director, and theatre guru Robert Lepage connects with his work, his influences, his audiences – and, of course, with Quebec arts journalist Rémy Charest. Charest, through countless interviews with Lepage ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Gentle Anarchist: A Life of George Woodcock

By Douglas Fetherling

George Woodcock, prolific writer, founding editor of Canadian Literature, and philanthropist, is a promising biographical subject. Not only is he complex, secretive, and full of contradictions but he leaves his autobiographies and rich archival materials ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Double Drink Story: My Life with Dylan Thomas

By Caitlin Thomas

For a world drunk on a cocktail of cyber-irony – millennial fever mixed with a distrust of history and nostalgia – the poetry of the first half of this century has become a large and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Byron: The Flawed Angel

By Phyllis Grosskurth

Whatever one’s opinion of his epic poems “Childe Harold” and “Don Juan,” or of his innumerable lesser outpourings, Lord Byron set the modern standard for heroism that remains visible in much of today’s literature, cinema, ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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Madonna: Bawdy & Soul

Scorned & Beloved: Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics

Shania Twain: On My Way

The Morningside Years

Fresh Air: The Private Thoughts of a Public Broadcaster

Emily Carr: An Introduction to Her Life and Art

Robert Lepage: Connecting Flights

The Gentle Anarchist: A Life of George Woodcock

Double Drink Story: My Life with Dylan Thomas

Byron: The Flawed Angel

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