Reviews

★ The Flying Troutmans

The considerable charm of Miriam Toews’ fiction comes, in part, from her ability to create characters in situations of long-term duress with a brilliantly emulsified mix of repression and humour, punctuated by bursts of real ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Soul of the World: Unlocking the Secrets of Time

By Christopher Dewdney

In Acquainted with the Night, poet and non-fiction writer Christopher Dewdney explored the nighttime realm through the complementary lenses of science and art. Now, in Soul of the World, Dewdney brings this two-pronged approach to ... Read More »

July 31, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

By Michael Petrou

When General Franco rebelled against the Spanish government in 1936, more than 1,700 Canadians volunteered to fight in that country’s civil war. Very little was known about the volunteers, many of whom, due to the ... Read More »

July 31, 2008 | Filed under: History

The Man Game

By Lee Henderson

Readers familiar with the grim suburban landscape of Lee Henderson’s 2002 short-story collection The Broken Record Technique may be surprised to discover that the Saskatoon-born, Vancouver-dwelling author’s debut novel digs deep into the hoary ground ... Read More »

July 30, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games

By Christopher A. Shaw

In the 19th century, travelling carnivals roamed the American West, promising spectacular sideshows, games of skill, and unforgettable thrills. It was only after the roadshow had rolled on that the townsfolk, their pockets emptied, would ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

My Life As a Dame: The Personal and the Political in the Writings of Christina McCall

By Christina McCall; Stephen Clarkson, ed.

The most touching parts of My Life As a Dame, a collection of punditry and feature writing from journalist Christina McCall, who died in 2005, are the brief but heartfelt introductions to each chapter penned ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Other Side of the Coin: The Emerging Vision of Economics and Our Place in the World

By David Orrell

“Neoclassical economics,” writes Edmonton-born mathematician David Orrell, “sees the world in terms of independent, autonomous agents that act to maximize their own utility, measured in terms of financial success.” Such thinking is full of erroneous ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood

By Shannon Cowan, Fiona Tinwei Lam, and Cathy Stonehouse, eds.

Double Lives, an anthology of essays about the occasionally warring roles of writer and mother, is not for everyone. Though much of the book will appeal to busy mothers of all kinds, on the whole ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Join the Revolution, Comrade: Journeys and Essays

By Charles Foran

Charles Foran’s first collection of essays is an eclectic compilation of travel and literary writings that reveals a preoccupation, not always clearly articulated, with establishing a connection to the present age and feeling the truth ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City

By Mark Kingwell

There is a new urban game in town called parkour. An invention of French youth, parkour is the art of jumping, tumbling, and diving in public spaces, up and down steps, across roofs, through plazas ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Reference

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