Reviews

Another Gravity

Another Gravity, B.C. poet Don McKay’s ninth book, weaves together three dozen poems by a writer who has surely thought a great deal about Shakespeare’s famous lines concerning lunatics, lovers, and poets who give “a ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei

By Pain Not Bread (Roo Borson,Kim Maltman, Andy Patton)

A book 10 years in the making is, like a good single malt, worth savouring. That’s particularly true for Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei, given the time invested by the poets Roo Borson ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Maclean’s Companion to Canadian Arts and Culture

By Tom Henighan

Ever wondered about the most popular Canadian books ever? According to Carleton University English professor and cultural critic Tom Henighan, the top 25 all-time fiction bestsellers include Hugh MacLennan’s Two Solitudes, Gabrielle Roy’s The Tin ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Diana Thorneycroft: The Body, Its Lesson and Camouflage

By Meeka Walsh, ed

Many people have trouble with the work of Winnipeg photographer Diana Thorneycroft. While her staged black-and-white portraits may be gorgeously rich in texture and composition, every one of them confronts our moral and ethical senses ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Zest for Life: Classic Dishes for Family and Friends from the Fifties to the Nineties

By Diane Clement

Ostensibly, Zest for Life is a cookbook hybridized with the autobiography of Vancouver chef, restaurateur, and former Canadian Olympian Diane Clement. But like most tools designed for two jobs, it does neither particularly well, and ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Swissair Down: Investigating the Crash of Flight 111

By Don Ledger

By now, most people have absorbed the popular wisdom that when a butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the world, such minuscule turbulence can initiate a chain of unforeseen effects, resulting in ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: History

Pat Lowther’s Continent: Her Life and Work

By Toby Brooks

This relatively short biography – the first to appear since Pat Lowther died 25 years ago – is the result of Toby Brooks’ longstanding devotion to the poet and her work. Brooks, who counselled battered ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

There It Is: A Canadian in the Vietnam War

By Les D. Brown

No one knows for sure how many Canadians fought within the American forces in the Vietnam conflict; estimates range from 5,000 to 40,000. Some, of course, travelled south to volunteer. But one Canadian, Les Brown, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: History

Double Negative

By Leona Gom

Once upon a time a mystery was a mystery. Readers could count on a crime (hopefully, nothing too suggestive of real life), a handful of suspects, a crime-solver (typically an isolated fantasy figure), a few ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels