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Rest on the Flight into Egypt

By A.F. Moritz

Reading Albert Moritz, one is reminded that this conscientious social objector could easily pass for a modern day Tom Jones. Throughout his provocative, deeply moving, and challenging collection, the Toronto-based artist frames his moral outrage ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Summer Burns

By Mary Jo Pollak

Hot summer nights. Parties. Small town Ontario. Drugs and alcohol. Waitressing. Hitchhiking. Best friends. Nicknames. This is Mary Jo Pollak’s first novel, Summer Burns. Living in the 1970s – where freedom mixes with drug dependency, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Short Haul Engine

By Karen Solie

Almost everything you need to know about Karen Solie’s first collection of poetry is contained in her title, Short Haul Engine. This slim volume of poems burns with the intensity of an engine, firing with ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Sulha

By Malka Marom

To read Sulha’s 566 pages is to undertake a long, intense journey that pushes us to see the world through different eyes. Singer and documentary producer Malka Marom’s debut sets us down in Israel in ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Lilac in Leather

By Sarah Murphy

Recently, American essayist Wendy Steiner characterized contemporary female fiction as being “rich in imagery and emotion, consumed by the desire to recover a lost or hidden past.” Sarah Murphy’s Lilac in Leather doesn’t stray far ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels