Reviews

The Hunter

In his third collection of poetry, The Hunter, George Murray presents a disturbing image of the end of the world. Focused through the double lens of history and prophecy, Murray’s apocalyptic vision delivers a judgment ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Paul Has a Summer Job

By Michel Rabagliati

Having rekindled a passion for the comics medium, 40-year-old graphic designer and illustrator Michel Rabagliati has emerged with a surprisingly full set of chops. Rabagliati’s first graphic novel, Paul Has a Summer Job, pays tribute ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Summer of the Heart: Saving Alexandre

By Paul Adams

We’ve all watched with some amusement as frantic first-time parents worry whether each sound (or lack thereof) emitting from their newborn’s crib is a sign of something critical. In Summer of the Heart, Paul Adams, ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A History of Mistresses

By Elizabeth Abbott

If motherhood is the second-oldest profession, mistressdom followed soon after. It is an evocative word, “mistress,” suggesting sensual sophistication and luxury. Elizabeth Abbott’s A History of Mistresses sets out to determine whether the reality matches ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History

Kill-site

By Tim Lilburn

In an interview with Shawna Lemay in Where the Words Come From: Canadian Poets in Conversation, Tim Lilburn expressed an interest in “the interior of the poem,” a place where the writing is governed by ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

Risking It All: My Student, My Lover, My Story

By Heather E. Ingram

Heather Ingram’s memoir about her affair with a 17-year-old student explores one of today’s trickiest topics – the sexual exploitation of minors. In Risking It All Ingram recounts her stark childhood, the emotionally and sexually ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

By Melissa Fay Greene

On Oct. 23, 1958, the floors hit the ceilings of the Number 2 coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, in three massive “bumps.” Above ground it felt like an earthquake, and registered as such on ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Human Wildlife

By Dr. Robert Buckman

The average adult is made up of 100 trillion cells. But only one-tenth of those are human. The rest are bacteria, fungi, parasites, and “miscellaneous riff-raff.” That is one of the astonishing facts in Dr. ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Original Minds

By Eleanor Wachtel

Imagine a lively cocktail party filled with fascinating people, like former Goon Show star Jonathan Miller, chimp specialist Jane Goodall, neurologist Oliver Sacks, filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, scholar Harold Bloom, and urban planner Jane Jacobs. Imagine ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Anthologies

From the Far Side of the River: Chest-deep in Little Fish and Big Ideas

By Paul Quarrington

Paul Quarrington is at it again with the fish. From the author of Whale Music and Fishing with My Old Guy comes From the Far Side of the River, a collection of essays, reflections, and ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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