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By David Bezmozgis

David Bezmozgis burst onto the North American literary scene in the most unlikely way: by publishing, to great acclaim, Natasha, a small collection of idiosyncratic, autobiographical stories set in the Toronto borough of North York, ... Read More »

August 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Meags Fitzgerald

Photobooth pictures can be among the most priceless, personal artifacts of our fading past. Illustrator and comics artist Meags Fitzgerald explores the fascination with these ephemera through an obsessive, autobiographical account of her relationship with ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica

By Laisha Rosnau

There is a serious problem with how we write obituaries for great women. When rocket scientist Yvonne Brill passed away in 2013, The New York Times praised her beef stroganoff, child-rearing abilities, and spousal loyalty ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

By Claire Holden Rothman

Three narrative threads jostle for space in My October, Claire Holden Rothman’s first novel since The Heart Specialist, which was longlisted for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The first recalls the turbulent events of October ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Nadia Bozak

Nadia Bozak’s Border Trilogy breathes new life into the Western genre by updating the tired, male-centric archetype of the nomadic outlier. While her debut, 2007’s Orphan Love, takes place in Northern Ontario, Bozak’s new novel ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels