Can You Take Me There, Now?

“Spent the rest of the night guzzling coffee at a Horton’s, reading Bukowski, trying to mind my own business.” With this literary invocation, Matthew Firth posits himself as a contemporary Charles Bukowski, a chronicler of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Emma’s Hands

By Mary Swan

It’s not often Alice Munro offers a quote to promote an emerging writer, but after delving into the pages of Emma’s Hands, Mary Swan’s stellar first collection of short stories, it’s easy to see why ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Simple Recipes

By Madeleine Thien

In the title story in this collection a father cooks for his family with meticulous love, weighing out the rice in his fingers, frying the fish that only a short time before was still swimming. ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Vinyl Cafe Diaries

By Stuart McLean

The lives and misadventures of Toronto record-store owner Dave, his wife Morley, and their children Stephanie and Sam are a Canadian institution both on the airwaves and in print. McLean’s style is characterized by a ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Random Acts of Hatred

By George K. Ilsley

This first book of short stories portrays the childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood of gay and bisexual men. The stories, though not literally connected, add up to a collective portrait of the heartbreaks and struggles ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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Quill and Quire

Can You Take Me There, Now?

★ Emma’s Hands

★ Simple Recipes

Vinyl Cafe Diaries

Random Acts of Hatred

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