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Mid-Life

By Joe Ollmann

When Jean-Jacques Rousseau penned his Confessions in 1769, he probably had no idea he was unleashing a new literary genre upon future readers, one that highlights its authors’ most private and loathsome deeds and desires. ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

The Lucky Sperm Club

By Rebecca Eckler

Multi-million-dollar inheritances, credit-card-carrying kids, and $10,000 birthday parties for eight-year-olds: welcome to the world of the Lucky Sperm Club. The only way to be admitted to this exclusive group is to be born to insanely ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Benevolence

By Cynthia Holz

Altruism, self-sacrifice, and the self-serving nature of magnanimity lie at the core of Toronto author Cynthia Holz’s fourth novel. The book examines the lives of 53-year-old Ben Wasserman, a psychiatrist who analyzes the mental states ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bigfoot

By Pascal Girard

YouTube has the ability to bring fame to average Joes, but in Pascal Girard’s third graphic novel, that’s not necessarily a good thing. Bigfoot is the story of a teenaged boy named Jimmy, whose problems ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica

Reunion

By Pascal Girard

YouTube has the ability to bring fame to average Joes, but in Pascal Girard’s third graphic novel, that’s not necessarily a good thing. Bigfoot is the story of a teenaged boy named Jimmy, whose problems ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Graphica