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The Condesa of M.

By George Szanto

Jorge, a Canadian professor of criminology, is honeymooning in west central Mexico with Rissa, his second wife, and her 10-year-old daughter, Kikki. He’s also pursuing, on behalf of PEN Canada, the case of Mono Loro, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Russländer

By Sandra Birdsell

Imagination thrives on history and geography, and Sandra Birdsell’s imagination is fecund. The Russländer is her fifth book and the first to probe her maternal ancestral origins, her Mennonite roots in Russia. Birdsell – who ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Streak of Luck

By Richelle Kosar

For her second novel, Toronto writer Richelle Kosar imagines that life-altering event that we’ve all dreamed of at one time or another – winning the lottery. Appropriately, she uses this plot vehicle to discuss the ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Broken Accidents

By Phlip Arima

In this collection of punchy short-short stories, performance poet Phlip Arima delivers a quirky mix: dark satire of our preoccupation with convenience, consumerism, and convention; surreal journeys into the subconscious; and confounding dialogues. When they ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Razovsky at Peace

By Stuart Ross

Long known to the alternative literary community for his prolific chapbooks and for his role as founder of Toronto’s Small Press Book Fair, Stuart Ross garnered mainstream attention when his book of poetry, Farmer Gloomy’s ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry