Fit to Print

Alan Halsey and Karen Mac Cormack invest the mundane newspaper column with striking poetic resonance in Fit to Print, a collection of poems whose exuberant invention recalls tabloid coverage of the moment. Arranged in one ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Last Thing My Father Gave Me

By Ernest Hekkanen

Ernest Hekkanen’s large body of work – he is the author of more than a dozen books including novels, poetry, and non-fiction – has been largely overlooked by the literary mainstream. This is partly because ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Bite the Stars

By Eliza Clark

For a populist form, country music is not to everyone’s taste. Its smooth and stylized emotions can seem a world away from the unvarnished pain of the blues. But once in a rare while, a ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Get on Top

By David Homel

David Homel has delivered unto us a novel-length parable of sex, violence, sin, and a dusty old Jewish prophet-peddler’s wish to reveal the Messiah. The Messiah in this novel is Sabbitha Hunter, an 18-year-old blond ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Close to the Fire

By David Helwig

A decade ago David Helwig was an Ontario novelist, poet, scriptwriter, and editor, publishing the substantial narratives of a writer in his prime. He now lives on Prince Edward Island, and Close to the Fire, ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Old Flames

By Kim Moritsugu

A one-time aspiring Broadway hoofer-turned-banking-flunky, Beth Robinson has quit her job to stay home and raise her two young daughters while her husband works in downtown Toronto. She cleans the basement, rakes the leaves, makes ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Getting Over Edgar

By Joan Barfoot

Joan Barfoot is a dependable chronicler of the malaise of women in our time. In her eighth novel the woman in question is a childless middle-aged widow in comfortable circumstances. Her belated journey of self-discovery ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Man Who Loved Jane Austen

By Ray Smith

The Montreal in Ray Smith’s The Man Who Loved Jane Austen is a dismal place: ice storms, a Ministry of Education that wants to regulate all aspects of academic life, old watering holes and drinking ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Elizabeth and After

By Matt Cohen

There is such deftness to this novel, such sureness of approach and lightness of writing, that an honest critic must begin with an apology. Sorry, dear reader, for the envy that infringes on the following; ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Stan Douglas

By Daina Augaitis,George Wagner, William Wood

At age 38, Vancouver artist Stan Douglas is currently the most successful young artist in Canada. His multimedia installations have appeared at major institutions around the world, and he is considered one of the top ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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Fit to Print

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★ Bite the Stars

Get on Top

Close to the Fire

Old Flames

Getting Over Edgar

The Man Who Loved Jane Austen

★ Elizabeth and After

★ Stan Douglas

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