Requests and Dedications

Elise Levine must really hate mothers. Her first novel, Requests and Dedications, contains at my count six maternal figures who could give Medea a run for her money. And it doesn’t matter if you kill ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The I.v. Lounge Reader

By Paul Vermeersch, ed.

The I.V. Lounge Reader is just about as far from the genteel literary sensibilites of much Canadian writing as Vancouver is from St. John’s. Ivy League it isn’t. Consisting of works chosen from the writers ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Anthologies

Privileged Access

By Jean-Marc Carisse

Jean-Marc Carisse, who’s served as official photographer for three Liberal prime ministers – Trudeau, Turner, and Chrétien – has raided his portfolio for Privileged Access, which also includes text by Mark Bell. But while the ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Can You Take Me There, Now?

By Matthew Firth

“Spent the rest of the night guzzling coffee at a Horton’s, reading Bukowski, trying to mind my own business.” With this literary invocation, Matthew Firth posits himself as a contemporary Charles Bukowski, a chronicler of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It

By Anthony Feinstein

On the one side, various hells on earth: Rwanda, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Mozambique, The Ivory Coast, Somalia, Chechnya, Colombia. On the other side, the established democracies: health, wealth, individual rights, social order, even ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Editing Canadian English (2nd Edition)

It’s a family legend that my husband married me because I could spell and I knew how to punctuate. With the advent of computer spellchecks, he’s joked occasionally that my usefulness is somewhat diminished these ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Light-crossing

By Michael Redhill

Given the busy year he’s had – publishing his first novel, producing a play, editing Brick magazine through an impressive reformatting, and fathering his second son – one might forgive Michael Redhill for being off ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

The Net User’s Guide to Buying, Selling, and Trading Collectibles

By R. J. Gulliver

Some people believe the World Wide Web will usher in a new era of peace and social justice. Some say it’s the greatest invention since the taming of fire. Others say simply, “Let’s go shopping!” ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Fairy Ring

By Martine Desjardins,Fred Reed and David Homel, trans.

From the opening image – a dream in which Clara Weiss thrusts her hands deep into a heap of dead leaves and withdraws them covered in slime – Martine Desjardins’ Fairy Ring juxtaposes shocking physical ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Chaos Mission

By Lorenz Peter

Lorenz Peter’s second graphic novel, Chaos Mission , is an extremely atypical coming-of-age autobiography originally serialized in an underground zine by the same name. Peter’s first graphic novel, The Last Remaining Ancient Mellish Bird, was ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Requests and Dedications

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Privileged Access

Can You Take Me There, Now?

Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It

Editing Canadian English (2nd Edition)

Light-crossing

The Net User’s Guide to Buying, Selling, and Trading Collectibles

Fairy Ring

Chaos Mission

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