Reviews

Esprits De Corps: Quebec Poetry of the Late 20th Century in Translation

By D.G. Jones,Bernard Pozier, Louise Blouin, eds.

In Quebec today, artists do not, by and large, divide up along linguistic lines. There are not separate English and French dance or visual arts scenes. Only the literary community remains a case of two ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Asphodel

By Michael Redhill

Asphodel is so many books in one. If Toronto writer Michael Redhill were not so persistent in his return to a central rumination on the slow approach of death, I would have thought this a ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

How to Get There from Here

By Michelle Berry

Literary trendspotting – like trainspotting – may be dismissed as a wanky pastime for idling minds, but there is some fun to be had. For every trend, I’m sure there can be unearthed a counter-trend, ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

My Life as a Girl in a Men’s Prison

By Kate Pullinger

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Romantic Getaways in Atlantic Canada and Beyond

By Susan Randles,Dave Stephens

If romance is to survive in a relationship, it needs to be valued and nurtured. Getting away from it all – the job, the kids, the unmowed lawn – may be just what is needed ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Canada Trip

By Charles Gordon

Charles Gordon is a journalist and author with no desire to cross the country by canoe, ultralight, or via the Northwest Passage. He just wants to get in his car with his wife and spend ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Misconceiving Canada: The Struggle for National Unity

By Kenneth McRoberts

In the wake of the startling 1995 Quebec referendum, Jean Chrétien’s Liberals faced some tough questions. Who devised the strategy that led to such a narrow win? Why was the strength of the sovereigntist movement ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: History

The Breaking Point: Understanding Your Potential for Violence

By Nicholas Regush

High-profile cases of murder, rape, and pedophilia have focused Canadians’ attention on the issue of violence, but are the people who commit these crimes really that different from the rest of us? In The Breaking ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Risking Utopia: On the Edge of a New Democracy

By Irshad Manji

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to have your cake and eating it, too. In fact, it’s darn healthy. But there is something coy about saying, “Thanks, but no thanks,” and then wolfing down a whole ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

At Home on the Stroll: My Twenty Years as a Prostitute in Canada

By Alexandra Highcrest

“I’m conservative and I’m old fashioned,” says Alexandra Highcrest, male-to-female transsexual and former prostitute, in a recent interview with Quill & Quire. It’s true, and this conservatism is both the strength and the weakness of ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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