The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives. We spend part of each day waiting—for birth,...
Canadian essays
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Author:Altrows, Rona, Sedivy, Julie, Albert, Samantha, Butala, Sharon, Cawthorne, Jane, Chan, Weyman, Danos, Rebecca, Edgar, Patti, Greentree, Leslie, Graham-Pole, John, Anstey Hanen, Edythe Anstey, Hansen, Vivian, Harris, Jane, Harrison, Richard, Kvern, Lee, Haynes, Elizabeth, Lévesque, Anne, Macpherson, Margaret, Major, Alice, McGrath, Wendy, Ian McKay, Stuart Ian, Neilsen Glenn, Lorri, Olding, Susan, Rees, Roberta, Seifert, Kathy, Siré, Cora, Ross Smith, Steven Ross, Sorbie, Anne, Sorestad, Glen, S. Thompson, Kelly S., van Eck, Robin van, van Herk, ArithaSummary: -
Author:Twigg, AlanSummary:For over a quarter century, many readers have agreed with legendary publisher Jack McClelland, who said, “I have never before encountered a book journal as engaging as BC BookWorld.” But over several decades, the populist style of BC...
- Author:Gallant, MavisSummary:
A selection of non-fiction writings composed of essays and reviews written between 1968 and 1985. Beginning with an account of Mavis Gallant's impressions of the student uprising in May 1968, the book presents a whole range of subjects...
- Author:Maracle, LeeSummary:
My Conversations With Canadians is the book that "Canada150" needs.Harkening back to her first book tour at the age of 26 (for the autobiographical novel Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel), and touching down upon a multitude of experiences she's...
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Author:Frutkin, MarkSummary:In the tradition of Kafka’s Parables and Paradoxes and The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano, this collection of short essays and “alternative versions” is a vivid, perhaps even shocking, reminder that language, self and reality are...
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Author:Ratzlaff, LloydSummary:In a series of reflections focused on his uneducated yet hard-working Mennonite family and touching on childhood exploits from shoplifting and go-kart racing to the juvenile fear of dying (which spontaneously arises during the rehearsal...
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Author:Sonik, MadelineSummary:
