Short Non-Fiction

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Barbarians Among Us

Barbarians Among Us

The Silent Strange Poetry of a Century at War

From: The Nothing That Is

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Celebration of Life

Celebration of Life

From: Be Scared of Everything

The essay titled "Celebration of Life." 3 $0.30 Add
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Echoes in a Stranger Land

Echoes in a Stranger Land

From: Blank

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Harbour

Harbour

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

The author briefly summarizes her life to contextulize the persepctive of her essays and her experiences as Asian woman living in a former British colony in the 21st century. 17 $1.70 Add
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II.
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II.

From: Cyclettes

Abraham’s uses prose, images, and personal musings about the millennial experience and navigating the borderlands of adulthood against the backdrop of cycling. 48 $4.80 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Some Notes for You, Reading

From: Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

The author introduces her work and the context that led her to writing a book about feminism as an academic, reading, and blogger. 38 $3.80 Add
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Keystone Ecotones
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Keystone Ecotones

(earth)

From: Imminent Domains: Reckoning With The Anthropocene

Includes the essays: Deforestation Rewilding and Lazarus Species. 41 $4.10 Add
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Makers of Our Lives
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Makers of Our Lives

Chapter Two

From: A Friend Sails in on a Poem

Personal essays on the friendship between Phillis Levin and author Mary Peacock. 17 $1.70 Add
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My Nights with the Generals
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My Nights with the Generals

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

The essay “My Nights with the Generals Shanghai” reflects on the history of Shanghai, the Opium Wars, the People’s Liberation Army in the present day, Chairman Mao, and nostalgia. 9 $0.90 Add
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Part One: Let Us Live

Part One: Let Us Live

From: I Hope We Choose Love

Righteous Callings: Being Good Leftist Orthodoxy, and the Social Justice Crisis of Faith — you are allowed to leave — We Need to Confront a Culture of Enabling in Queer Community … 38 $3.80 Add
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Part Two
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Part Two

From: The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

Ross discusses friendship, family, and grief. 21 $2.10 Add
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Prelude to a Fugue

Prelude to a Fugue

From: Double Melancholy

In the introduction, the author describes his goals for the book: as a performance of decolonization, and a description of his understanding and relationship with art. 8 $0.80 Add
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Rape Culture, CanLit, and You

Rape Culture, CanLit, and You

From: Refuse

Zoe Todd frames her critique of the UBCAccountable movement in terms of the intersecting and overlapping forces of rape culture, colonialism, and white supremacy. She particularly calls upon … 6 $0.60 Add
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Rereading <i>Dr. Zhivago</i>

Rereading Dr. Zhivago

From: Ordinary Paradise

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The Dog Was Fine
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The Dog Was Fine

Part One: Time

From: Good Mom on Paper

Part One: Time 9 $0.90 Add
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The Miracle of Life and Other Feats of Strength
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The Miracle of Life and Other Feats of Strength

From: Send Me Into the Woods Alone

The essay "The Miracle of Life and Other Feats of Strength." 8 $0.80 Add