Books

The Love That Dared to Write Its Name

By Stan Persky | March 18, 2012

Stan Persky assesses Christopher Bram’s history of contemporary gay writing.

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Reading The Cat’s Table

By Brian Fawcett | March 16, 2012

Brian Fawcett offers a slightly different take on Michael Ondaatje’s new novel..

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The Castle of Toronto

By Stan Persky | February 26, 2012

Stan Persky goes on a Michael Ondaatje voyage.

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Versions of North

By John Harris | November 5, 2011

John Harris “does” G.P. Lainsbury’s long poem, Versions of North, thus establishing Lainsbury as a serious force in B.C. Poetry.

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The Whole Truth

By Max Fawcett | October 31, 2011

Max Fawcett is on the trail of dinosaurs… and dinosaur hunters.

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Pages I Have Trouble With: 2. Indian Coastlines

By George Bowering | October 30, 2011

George Bowering files the second of a series of critical pieces, Pages I Have Trouble With

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Touring the Forest with Theresa Kishkan

By Brian Fawcett | October 18, 2011

Brian Fawcett reviews Theresa Kishkan’s new book, and is pleasantly surprised…

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The Lower Depths

By Stan Persky | September 9, 2011

What’s the state of post-secondary education in 2011? Stan Persky goes underground to find out.

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Lost in the Wilderness of Nuance

By Gordon Lockheed | July 11, 2011

Gordon Lockheed is disturbed by Johanna Skibsrud’s Giller Prize-winning The Sentimentalists, but not the way the book seemingly wishes to disturb readers.

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Username: Literature

By Stan Persky | June 25, 2011

Marjorie Garber’s book about literature isn’t a decade-defining work of criticism. Stan Persky explains why.

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