★ Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door

The subtitle to Molly Peacock’s new book about Edwardian-era painter Mary Hiester Reid suggests this isn’t a typical biography or survey of an artist’s work, and indeed Flower Diary is a refreshing treatment of a ... Read More »

October 5, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language

By Eufemia Fantetti; Leonarda Carranza; Ayelet Tsabari; (eds.)

An anthology of painstakingly crafted essays, Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language explores the complexities of language and how it impacts identity, culture, and lived experience. The editors Leonarda Carranza, Eufemia Fantetti, and Ayelet ... Read More »

September 28, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

By Dawn Dumont

“‘It’s some kind of dance troupe?’ ‘The Prairie Chicken dancers.’ ‘What’s a prairie chicken?’ ‘It’s a bird. Sort of a fat little thing.’ ‘Graceful?’ ‘They can’t fly but they sure can shake.’” When we first ... Read More »

September 22, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Pump

By Sydney Warner Brooman

In their debut short-story collection, Grimsby, Ontario-born writer Sydney Warner Brooman takes us on a twisted journey into a small town where malaise will eat you alive. The swampy landscape of The Pump is true ... Read More »

September 15, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ Everything Turns Away

By Michelle Berry

Now that we have enough distance from the early days of the pandemic, it feels instructive to view this global event – and how it has affected us – through the lens of history. The ... Read More »

September 13, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Red X

By David Demchuk

Author and playwright David Demchuk was deeply affected by the murders committed by Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur; he knew one of the victims personally. But what if the disappearances of gay and bisexual men ... Read More »

September 8, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Em

By Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman; trans.

In Kim Thúy’s fiction, Vietnam largely resides in the memories and gestures of those who fled the country during the war. More than a geographic backdrop, the nation occupies the psychic terrain of heroines who ... Read More »

September 8, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Listeners

By Jordan Tannahill

At the start of the pandemic, as my life shifted to sitting in my apartment all day, I noticed a noise, like two glasses rubbing together. For weeks, I walked around my place with an ... Read More »

September 8, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Undersong

By Kathleen Winter

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. So wrote William Wordsworth of his sister, Dorothy, ... Read More »

September 1, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ The Annual Migration of Clouds

By Premee Mohamed

Premee Mohamed imagines a dystopic future in a new novella that is deeply speculative and character driven. Through Mohamed’s breathtaking prose, this post-apocalyptic story unravels meditations on community building, adaptation, and collective survival. The narrative ... Read More »

September 1, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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★ Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door

★ Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

The Pump

★ Everything Turns Away

Red X

★ Em

The Listeners

★ Undersong

★ The Annual Migration of Clouds

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