Anthologies

Boys Like Her: Transfictions

You could call Boys Like Her a road novel – if road novels ever featured gender-bending tattooed dykes – mixed with a performance piece. Adapted from a live show that toured in 1995, the book ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The Ark in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Times

By Alberto Manguel, ed.

In the same vein as the hugely popular Politically Correct Bedtime Stories for Adults comes a Canadian version. The Ark in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Times, collected by anthologist Alberto Manguel, is ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Bad Jobs: My Last Shift at Albert Wong’s Pagoda and Other Ugly Tales of the Workplace

By Carellin Brooks, ed.

Bad Jobs is not another sojourn into the minds of disenfranchised Gen Xers. Quite the opposite. It is a collection of short stories gathered by Carellin Brooks, who sent out a call-for-submissions for stories by ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

She’s Gonna Be: Stories, Poems, Life

By Ann Decter, ed

An anthology of feminist writing, She’s Gonna Be brings together a collection of long-time activists, alumnae of feminist journals like Fireweed, and a few new young voices.It’s a great title and there’s a terrifically rousing ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

By Joan Givner

This book defies generic classification, including as it does 11 short stories, several autobiographical memoirs, an author profile of Elly Danica, and a number of essays dealing with the author’s work as a literary biographer, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Going Some Place: Creative Non-fiction Across Canada

By Lynne Van Luven,ed.

In her introduction to Going Some Place, editor Lynne Van Luven acknowledges that creative non-fiction is a “hybrid genre,” difficult to clearly define and often seen as fancy travel reportage or postmodern personal essay writing. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Lost Classics

By The Editors of Brick

You can never have too many books. I remember Diane Schoemperlen saying that in an interview, though I can’t recall the context. The interviewer, I’m guessing, was in Schoemperlen’s house, and maybe in a moment ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

By Heidi Harms, Joan Thomas, eds.

Now they tell me. For the last few years, visionaries have been caballing secretly and brewing recipes for the definitive millennium anthology. “Guaranteed fundable!” they all shrieked, and “Think of the market! Once in a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

On the Threshold: Writing Toward 2000

By The Foxglove Collective, eds.

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Exact Fare Only: Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transit

By Grant Buday,ed.

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a tribute to the stale air of a long, cramped ride on a Greyhound or the congestion of a subway during rush hour. Yet despite – or perhaps ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

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Boys Like Her: Transfictions

The Ark in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Times

Bad Jobs: My Last Shift at Albert Wong’s Pagoda and Other Ugly Tales of the Workplace

She’s Gonna Be: Stories, Poems, Life

Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

Going Some Place: Creative Non-fiction Across Canada

★ Lost Classics

Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

On the Threshold: Writing Toward 2000

Exact Fare Only: Good, Bad & Ugly Rides on Public Transit

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