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★ Arousing the Goddess

By Tim Ward

Susan Sontag concludes her essay, “Against Interpretation,” with an admonition to critics: “In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.” I thought of Sontag’s essay while reading Tim Ward’s wonderful new novel, ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Gryphon

By Nick Bantock

Nick Bantock’s Griffin and Sabine series takes a new twist in The Gryphon with the introduction of two new correspondents, Matthew and Isabella. The book features letters and cards between Sabine and Matthew, Griffin and ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Slant

By Andy Quan

The title of this debut poetry collection is an evocative pun on author Andy Quan’s varied perspectives – that of an Asian-Canadian whose eyes are “slanted”; of a gay man whose sensual interest is “bent” ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Honour

By Ann Decter

Ann Decter’s second novel, Honour, tells the stories of three friends in the midst of self-discovery. Honour is a feminist melting pot from which Decter pulls her characters Marie, Jane, and Shulamit Weiss and molds ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels