Reviews

Papercut Heart: A Book of Zines

Papercut Heart is a short volume containing nine poems, all of them charmingly illustrated by the author. Most of the text is handwritten, and the result is a pleasant little collection that tackles the usual ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Graphica

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By Serge Patrice Thibodeau; Jo-Anne Elder, trans.

Serge Patrice Thibodeau’s Seul on est won the Governor General’s Award in 2007, an honour which no doubt helped it become one of the few books of contemporary French-Canadian poetry translated into English. Seul on ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

The Exile Book of Poems in Translation: 20 Canadian Poets Take on the World

By Priscila Uppal, ed.

If, as W.H. Auden once asserted, a writer’s only political duty is “to translate the fiction and poetry of other countries so as to make them available to readers in his own,” then, based on ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

East of Berlin

By Hannah Moscovitch

A chronicle of the tragic life of a Nazi war criminal’s son, East of Berlin – the Nazi euphemism for deporting Jews to death camps – raises questions about culpability for crimes against humanity. While ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The beerbistro Cookbook

By Stephen Beaumont and Brian Morin

Cooking with beer is often considered the domain of drunken bachelors who, in a flash of inspiration, dump a can of Guinness into their chili pot. Since 2003, however, restaurateur Stephen Beaumont and chef Brian ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Ricardo: Meals for Every Occasion

By Ricardo Larrivée

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

It’s the Regime, Stupid! A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters

By Barry Cooper

Canadian democracy is in crisis, on this they agree. In each of two new books, Elizabeth May, Green Party leader, and Barry Cooper, Calgary political philosophy professor and ersatz cowboy, both make urgent appeals for ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Losing Confidence: Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy

By Elizabeth May

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Squeezed: What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice

By Alissa Hamilton

“Most know that Tropicana Pure Premium is not from concentrate. Few know what it is.” That’s what Toronto-based author Alissa Hamilton says in Squeezed, her examination of the evolution of Florida’s orange juice industry. For ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City

By Anthony Flint

Over the last couple of years, it has been nearly impossible for any Torontonian to avoid the presence of Richard Florida, the author, “lecturer in creativity,” and well-compensated University of Toronto professor. Specifically, one regular ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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