Reviews

Moose Jaw: People Places History

By John Larsen and Maurice Richard Libby

Few Canadian cities are as tightly bound to a single historical decision as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When John A. MacDonald mandated the building of a coast-to-coast railroad in the mid-19th century, many believed the new ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: History

Mediathink

By James Winter

Readers concerned about the lack of analysis and independent investigative journalism in the mass media will welcome the third of James Winter’s critiques of the fifth estate. Winter is one angry academic, and his polemical ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Snow Geese: A Story of Home

By William Fiennes

At the age of 26, following a long illness and bout of depression that cut short his postgraduate studies, English journalist William Fiennes thought that life had little left to offer him. Inspired to travel ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Divine Economy of Salvation

By Priscilla Uppal

In the early 1970s an angelic teenage girl named Bella dies mysteriously at St. X. School for Girls. She had been an initiate to “the Sisterhood,” a small group of students who gathered in one ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Saints of Big Harbour

By Lynn Coady

The literary mavens of Canada are keeping a close eye on Lynn Coady because her first two works of fiction (Strange Heaven, a novel, and Play the Monster Blind, a story collection) showed such dazzling ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Crow Lake

By Mary Lawson

Crow Lake begins at a luminous moment for the Morrison family. Luke, the eldest son, has been accepted at teachers’ college, the first of the family to go on to higher education. Matt, two years ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mile End

By Lise Tremblay, Gail Scott, trans.

The unnamed narrator of Lise Tremblay’s Mile End plays the piano for a living, accompanying aspiring singers and ballet dancers. She could do much better if she tried, but she is confused about what she ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Heart Does Not Bend

By Makeda Silvera

Makeda Silvera is the author of two collections of short stories, but she is probably better known as an editor and co-founder of Sister Vision Press than as a writer. The Heart Does Not Bend, ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Vernacular Drawings

By Seth

Cartoonist and illustrator Seth has played a definitive role in the modern underground comics movement. His illustration work has been seen in such publications as New York, The Globe and Mail, and The Washington Post, ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Last Trip to Oregon: Poems in the Wake of Red’s Death

By George Payerle

Introductions to poetry collections can be a letdown for a reader, mapping too definitively terrain that should be left unexplored until one reaches the end. The introduction to George Payerle’s latest collection, however, poignantly explores ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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