“[A] much needed book…a compelling portrait of the Occupy movement…that capture[s] the spirit of the people involved, the crisis that gave Occupy birth, and the possibility of genuine change it represents.”
—Eric Foner, author of...
21st century
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- Author:Stefanik, JasonSummary:
"Poems about alchemy, love, Protestant witch judges, Indigenous identity, the cultural abutments of the inner city, football taunts, border ballads, and halfbreed wailing. Night Became Years is poetry in the sauntering tradition of the...
- Author:Lawrence, KatherineSummary:
In Never Mind, Katherine Lawrence constructs a centuries-old immigrant tale that is fiercely feminist, surprisingly modern and darkly funny. The voice in these exquisite poems is a 19th century woman who straddles both old and new...
- Author:Dunlop Art GallerySummary:
An exhibition catalogue for a group show of the same name.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Sask., Oct. 23, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010, featuring art by 30 contemporary Saskatchewan artists and writing...
- Author:Patel, ShailjaSummary:
The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves...
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"A society without poetry and the other arts would have broken its mirror and cut out its heart.--"Margaret Atwood. So boldly insists one of our greatest writers in Measures of Astonishment, a refreshing and eclectic mix of both deeply...
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"'Material Girls' is about women taking up space. This large-scale group exhibition brings together Canadian and international emerging, mid-career, and senior female artists from across artistic disciplines and cultural...
- Author:Stackhouse, JohnSummary:
Drawing on his 30 years in newspapers, the former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail examines the crisis of serious journalism in the digital era, and searches for ways the invaluable tradition can thrive in a radically changed...
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- Author:Shteyngart, GarySummary:
Traces the author's experiences as a young bullied Jewish-Russian immigrant in Queens, his haphazard college pursuits, and his initial forays into a literary career.
- Author:Condé, MaryseSummary:
La Vie sans fards répond à une double ambition. D'abord je me suis toujours demandé pourquoi toute tentative de se raconter aboutissait à un fatras de demi-vérités. Trop souvent les autobiographies et les mémoires deviennent des...
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"A groundbreaking anthology from territory that is now known as Saskatchewan, Kisiskâciwan contains rich, oral narratives from Cree, Saulteaux, Nakoda, Dakota, Dene, Gros Ventres, and Métis cultures; speeches and letters by Treaty...
- Author:Harris, MalcolmSummary:
A millennial investigates why his generation is worse off economically than their parents in this devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America. Pushing aside stereotypes, what actually unites this generation? The short...
- Author:Chee, AlexanderSummary:
Alexander Chee presents a manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher,...
- Author:Krause, JudithSummary:
- Author:Daniels, Carol RoseSummary:
Hiraeth is about women supporting and lending strength and clarity to other women so they know that moving forward is always possible -- and always necessary. It documents a journey of struggle that pertains to a dark point in Canadian...
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Chosen by Ricepaper magazine and the Asian Canadian Writers’ Collective, these stories by emerging and established writers such as Evelyn Lau and Governor General Award winner Paul Yee reflect the experiences and sentiments of North-...
- Author:Shapero, NatalieSummary:
Shapero writes in an urgent vernacular that flirts, stings, implores and demands with apparent abandon."--Houston Chronicle "Shapero's poetics has real-world import for the way we use language to talk about messy things."-Volta Thought-...
- Author:Li, YiyunSummary:
The author offers a collection of short stories that offer a vision of the human fate.
- Author:Funk, CarlaSummary:
From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life.Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables....