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Sons and Fathers

By Daniel Goodwin

The fraught nature of male friendships is the subject of Daniel Goodwin’s well-structured and hyper-realistic debut novel. Inverting the title of the Turgenev classic Fathers and Sons, Goodwin presents three men – Michael, Eli, and ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Walt

By Russell Wangersky

Russell Wangersky’s oeuvre includes a pair of story collections (2006’s The Hour of Bad Decisions and 2012’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–shortlisted Whirl Away), a memoir about his experiences as a volunteer firefighter (2008’s Burning Down the ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Betrayers

By David Bezmozgis

David Bezmozgis burst onto the North American literary scene in the most unlikely way: by publishing, to great acclaim, Natasha, a small collection of idiosyncratic, autobiographical stories set in the Toronto borough of North York, ... Read More »

August 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Photobooth: A Biography

By Meags Fitzgerald

Photobooth pictures can be among the most priceless, personal artifacts of our fading past. Illustrator and comics artist Meags Fitzgerald explores the fascination with these ephemera through an obsessive, autobiographical account of her relationship with ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica

Pluck

By Laisha Rosnau

There is a serious problem with how we write obituaries for great women. When rocket scientist Yvonne Brill passed away in 2013, The New York Times praised her beef stroganoff, child-rearing abilities, and spousal loyalty ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry