Short Non-Fiction

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Harris Green Below the Christian Science Reading Room
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Harris Green Below the Christian Science Reading Room

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

The essay “Harris Green Below the Christian Science Reading Room” reflects on gentrification, mental health, public parks, wellness culture, and violence in Victoria, British Columbia. 5 $0.50 Add
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In Search of Diana Thorne

In Search of Diana Thorne

From: Ordinary Paradise

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Interlude: the various species of time
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Interlude: the various species of time

From: The Sunday Book

Personal essays exploring topics such as the journey through middle-age, anxiety and modern life, aging and loss, confronting the complexities of being a parent in the Anthropocene, living with a … 7 $0.70 Add
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Newborn
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Newborn

From: Tongues

Language: Sign language. On sign language, art, acceptance, and mental health. 9 $0.90 Add
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Part Six
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Part Six

From: The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

Ross discusses friendship, family, and grief. 18 $1.80 Add
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Postscript

Postscript

Sometimes Regfusal Is a Feminist Act

From: Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

The author discusses refusal as a feminist act and how her work as a feminist killjoy operates at the interstices of her work as a feminist, teacher, friend, ally, and mother. 18 $1.80 Add
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Stars Upon Thars

Stars Upon Thars

The Sneetches and Other CanLit Stories

From: Refuse

Tanis MacDonald discusses what class and CanLit have to do with each other. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Disappearing Debate: Or, How the Discussion of Racism has been Taken Over by the Censorship Issue

The Disappearing Debate: Or, How the Discussion of Racism has been Taken Over by the Censorship Issue

From: Blank

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Too-Loo

Too-Loo

From: Be Scared of Everything

The essay titled "Too-Loo." 3 $0.30 Add
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Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10

Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

The author writes about a road trip to a friend’s family farm, and the treaty territories she crossed as she drove across the Prairies in their historic colonial context. 12 $1.20 Add
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What do I call you: First Nations, Indians, Aboriginals, Indigenous?

What do I call you: First Nations, Indians, Aboriginals, Indigenous?

From: My Conversations with Canadians

The author discusses the ‘colonial convenience’ of calling many separate nations ‘Indigenous’ and the legacy of acultural colonial naming practices. 10 $1.00 Add
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Wildflowers
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Wildflowers

(spirit)

From: Imminent Domains: Reckoning With The Anthropocene

Includes the essays: The Custom of Killing Rabbits, The Sting, and Wildflowers. 21 $2.10 Add
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Corporate Personhood

Corporate Personhood

From: Be Scared of Everything

The essay titled "Corporate Personhood." 5 $0.50 Add
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Cure: Queer as Folk

Cure: Queer as Folk

From: Double Melancholy

In this chapter, the author recalls relationships they had while growing up and how they impacted their personal development. The material is presented as dated journal entries with commentary. 23 $2.30 Add
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Days & Sonnets
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Days & Sonnets

Chapter Seven

From: A Friend Sails in on a Poem

Personal essays on the friendship between Phillis Levin and author Mary Peacock. 14 $1.40 Add
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Galloping toward Ottawa

Galloping toward Ottawa

From: My Conversations with Canadians

The author discusses the concept of having a Canadian heritage and an Indigenous heritage that co-exist in an individual, and whether that duality is possible for her. 4 $0.40 Add