Technologies of Knowing: A Proposal for the Human Sciences

Rarely a day goes by without the media trumpeting some new scientific research that directly contradicts earlier findings – whether it’s new information about the effects of divorce on kids (It has no effect whatsoever!) ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Abundantly Simple: Everywoman’s Gratitude Journal

By Helen Kafka and Laura Hellen

Abundantly Simple: Everywoman’s Gratitude Journal, is a long-overdue satire of the “be thankful for the little things” type of inspirational book. Authors Helen Kafka and Laura Hellen (otherwise known as “The Helens”) are, respectively, a ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Flowering of the Soul: A Book of Prayers by Women

By Lucinda Vardey, ed.

Inspirational books are big business these days. The literati may sneer at them, but the general public buys them by the armload and their enormous popularity indicates a genuine spiritual hunger that should be taken ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

A Common Man’s Guide to Loving Women

By Andrew Moodie

Four black men discuss their various problems with women in a luxury warehouse apartment, revealing in the process strains on their romantic and work relationships. Chris, a corporate lawyer, is in low spirits because he ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

To the River

By Tim Lilburn

Saskatoon poet Tim Lilburn’s work has always been so focused and passionate that reviewing it seems almost like an interruption of someone at prayer. To the River, his fifth collection, and the first since his ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

49th Parallel Psalm

By Wayde Compton

The first title from Advance Editions, a new literary imprint from Vancouver’s Arsenal Pulp Press edited by Michael Turner (Hard Core Logo, American Whiskey Bar), is the debut of Vancouver poet Wayde Compton. 49th Parallel ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Two Bowls of Milk

By Stephanie Bolster

Two Bowls of Milk is the follow-up to Stephanie Bolster’s debut collection of poems, White Stone: The Alice Poems, which won the 1998 Governor General’s Award for poetry. Whereas White Stone was tightly conceived around ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Things That Keep and Do Not Change

By Susan Musgrave

Poet and critic Fraser Sutherland recently remarked in The Globe and Mail on the healthy state of Canadian poetry and noted the even distribution of male and female poets writing in this country. Fans will ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry