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Third and Long

By Chris Fisher

The eight stories in Third and Long, Chris Fisher’s third collection of short fiction, share settings in small prairie towns and narratives based on the subject of sports. Fisher, who has lived in more than ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

I know you are, but what am I?

By Heather Birrell

Toronto writer Heather Birrell’s first collection of short stories attempts to breathe new life into coming-of-age and character-in-the-midst-of-life-change tales. Unfortunately, it only half delivers on that promise.Where Birrell succeeds is in her ability to accurately ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Skinny

By Ibi Kaslik

A novel in which anorexia plays a major role is at risk of becoming pathologized, symptoms of illness overwhelming the narrative. This is not the case in Ibi Kaslik’s beautifully written first novel. In the ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels