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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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