Reading Louise Erdrich: At Last

2021-07-01T08:56:18-04:00

For years, vaguely since I collected The Bingo Palace with a university course in mind (but there was never enough time to read all the books I planned to read for papers) and intensely since falling in love with The Last Miracle at Little No Horse, I've wanted to go

Reading Louise Erdrich: At Last2021-07-01T08:56:18-04:00

A Really Good Brown Girl: Marilyn Dumont

2019-03-26T08:36:07-04:00

First published in 1996, Marilyn Dumont's debut - A Really Good Brown Girl - was reprinted thirteen times and later republished as part of Brick Books' classic series in 2013. In Lee Maracle's  introduction, she talks about keeping a worn copy next to her bed, taking good care of it. Like

A Really Good Brown Girl: Marilyn Dumont2019-03-26T08:36:07-04:00

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (2015)

2019-03-26T08:35:37-04:00

The Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is essential reading. TRC, 2015 As a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the TRC's "mandate is to inform all Canadians about what happened in Indian Residential Schools (IRS)." The report is intended "to document

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (2015)2019-03-26T08:35:37-04:00

Quarterly Stories: Winter 2016

2020-10-01T12:52:50-04:00

This month, I'm wholly enjoying the stories in the Short Story Advent Calendar (edited by Michael Hingston and designed by Natalie Olsen). The variety of the boxed set is fantastic, especially if you're looking for "new" short story writers to follow, but I generally read collections of works by a single

Quarterly Stories: Winter 20162020-10-01T12:52:50-04:00

Tracey Lindberg’s Birdie (2016)

2016-11-21T12:05:04-05:00

Even when Bernice is liked, she's not necessarily liked for the person she is, but for the person someone believes her to be.  This is largely why she leaves herself, why she learns to fly. "I wonder how fascinated she’d be if she knew that I’d been fucked before I

Tracey Lindberg’s Birdie (2016)2016-11-21T12:05:04-05:00
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