In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a...
Literary arts
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Author:Machado, Carmen MariaSummary: - Author:Ferrante, ElenaSummary:
Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the abiding preoccupations of a writer, and the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller.
- Author:McLeod, NealSummary:
Indigenous Poetics in Canada broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters of traditional English literature studies, this volume embraces a wider sense of...
- Author:Whitehead, JoshuaSummary:
Evolving from a conversation between Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and travelling through the library of his...
- Author:Authers, Benjamin, Snauwaert, Maïté, Laforest, Daniel, Braz, Albert, Delisle, Jennifer, Gaboury-Diallo, Lise, Kamboureli, Smaro, Korkka, Janne, Lamontagne, André, Mackey, Margaret, Sing, Pamela, Wunker, ErinSummary:
This book examines the cultural work of space and memory in Canada and Canadian literature, and encourages readers to investigate Canada within its regional, national, and global contexts. It features seven chapters in English and five...
- Author:Anderson, Kim, Meshake, ReneSummary:
This book shares the life story of Anishinaabe artist Rene Meshake in stories, poetry, and Anishinaabemowin "word bundles" that serve as a dictionary of Ojibwe poetics. Meshake was born in the railway town of Nakina in...
- Author:Laurence, MargaretSummary:
The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature. In 1976, when both were at the height of their careers, they began a seven-year written correspondence. Laurence had just published her...
- Author:Miller, Carole S.Summary:
Provides ten detailed drama lessons, or story drama structures, based on children's picture books, that permit direct learning experiences in language arts and literacy for elementary and middle school children.
- Author:Bernstein, HarrietSummary:
Much has been written by others about the relationship Irving Layton and Harriet Bernstein shared, and most of it is inaccurate. This book tells the true story, and in so doing provides a look into the CanLit scene between 1974-1981....
- Author:Maclear, KyoSummary:
Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the...
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Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community. This collection features twenty-five original essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film.
- Author:Singer, SandraSummary:
Compiled and edited by Sandra Singer, J. J. Steinfeld: Essays on His Works is a critical look at PEI writer J. J. Steinfeld's extensive and prolific writings in poetry, fiction and theatre, ranging from early work on post-Holocaust...
- Author:Whyte, JackSummary:
Best known for his original series of Arthurian novels, A Dream of Eagles (called The Camulod Chronicles in the US), and his Knights Templar trilogy, Jack Whyte has authored 10 international bestsellers in the past 15 years. Jack's...
- Author:Strathern, PaulSummary:
A concise, expert account of Joyce's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
"I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours--and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life."--Bob Woodward. How did a kid whose...
- Author:Desjardins, PatrickSummary:
L'existence de Philip K. Dick, illustre auteur de science-fiction, fut soumise à la force débordante de son imagination. Tour à tour époux modèle, grand psychotique, fervent catholique ou encore junkie, un doute incessant l'...
- Author:Raby-Dunne, SusanSummary:
Most Canadians are familiar with John McCrae through his iconic poem “In Flanders Fields,” which was penned on the battlefields of the First World War and remains a symbol of remembrance to this day. Although he will always be...
- Author:Nolette, NicoleSummary:
Contrairement au théâtre québécois, où le bilinguisme est mis en scène de manière intermittente, celui qui provient de ses marges fait du bilinguisme une pratique courante. Les écrivains franco-canadiens - ceux de l'Ouest canadien...
- Author:Malzieu, MathiasSummary:
"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent. Quand la réalité dépasse la (science...
- Author:Kierans, Kim S.Summary:
For fifty years the Michener Awards have honoured outstanding and unbiased Canadian journalism that results in positive change for the public good. Journalism makes a difference. In-depth investigation and reporting can break...
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