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The Glassblowers

George Sipos hears the frog song at two in the morning and wonders if it is passion that drives it or the loneliness of spring. In another poem, the wet leaves of fall are described in language … 104 View

The High-Rise in Fort Fierce

Finalist, Ottawa Book Award for Fiction 2019 Long-Shortlisted, 2019 Relit Award (Short Story Category) Drugs. Violence. Racism. Despair. The tiny, northern town of Fort Fierce has issues in … 224 View

The Iron Bridge

Shortlisted, Danuta Gleed Literary Award In a bold, brilliant collection of stories, Dora Award-winning playwright Anton Piatigorsky delivers a superbly inspired inquiry into the early lives of … 272 View

The Last Word

Reviving The Dying Art of Eulogy

In turning a critical eye toward the act of eulogy, Julia Cooper manages to perceptively, even playfully, create a new space for the bleak act of mourning. Examining fictional eulogies in The Big … 121 View

The Mean Game

The Mean Game—John Wall Barger’s fourth book-length entry in what might be called, collectively, a savage comedy—bristles with allegories that explore human cruelty and … 92 View

The Museum of Possibilities

Stories

The work begins with stories of people discovering the consequences of their actions – or inactions – that are full of psychological suspense, and verge on the supernatural. A second … 188 View

The Next Wave

An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry

Mercurial and modern, The Next Wave is an output-based anthology of 21st century Canadian poetry. Curated by Jim Johnstone, it features 40 early-to-mid-career Canadian writers selected from a … 304 View

The Nothing That Is

Essays on Art, Literature and Being

Rather than making “something” out of “nothing,” what follows is an endeavour to express the potential of language and thought to encounter what is infinitely beyond both … 134 View

The Pig Headed Soul

Essays and Reviews on Poetry and Culture

The Pigheaded Soul presents a series of witty, intelligent, and sometimes controversial essays in which talented newcomers and avowed masters alike find themselves within the literary crosshairs … 276 View
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The Quest for a "National" Nationalism

E.J. Pratt's Epic Ambition, "Race" Consciousness, and the Contradictions of Canadian Identity

In his 2018 Pratt Lecture, The Quest for a ‘National’ Nationalism, renowned author and critic George Elliott Clarke investigates E.J. Pratt’s poetic attempt to become the epic … 64 View

The Rumour

The Rumour is a poetry collection that brings a new perspective to the poignant truths and human experiences within Indigenous communities. Through powerful emotions, the poems explore … 80 View

The Suicide’s Son

“I believe in the power of original sin,” writes James Arthur, “in the wound/ that keeps on wounding.” Set against a backdrop of political turmoil in the United States, … 89 View

The Terracotta Army

In 1985, Gary Geddes won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Americas Region, for The Terracotta Army, a brilliant sequence of his Chinese sonnets. The nine-couplet poems were inspired by his 1981 … 61 View

The Unpublished City

Volume I: Anthology

Curated by Dionne Brand, this anthology features the work of 18 emerging Toronto talents: 73 View

The Unpublished City

Volume II: The Lived City, The Imagined City

Co-edited by Phoebe Wang, Canisia Lubrin & Dionne Brand Orient yourself in the city with these nineteen works of creative non-fiction that offer a different, more multifarious wayfinding. In … ; ; 89 View

The Windigo Chronicles

In this poetry book, David Groulx seamlessly weaves the spiritual with the ordinary and the present with the powerful voices of the past. He speaks for the spirit, determination, and courage of … 64 View