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Newborn

From: Tongues

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

From: The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

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Ross discusses friendship, family, and grief. 18 $1.80 Add
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Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10

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

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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?

From: My Conversations with Canadians

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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

(spirit)

From: Imminent Domains: Reckoning With The Anthropocene

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Includes the essays: The Custom of Killing Rabbits, The Sting, and Wildflowers. 21 $2.10 Add
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Cure: Queer as Folk

From: Double Melancholy

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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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Galloping toward Ottawa

From: My Conversations with Canadians

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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
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Handicap

Part Two: Body

From: Good Mom on Paper

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Part Two: Body 11 $1.10 Add
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Language Is the Fluid of Our Collective Bodies

From: Tongues

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Languages: Chinese dialects, English, French. On ancestral language, trauma, and healing. 10 $1.00 Add
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Meat and Metal in Mittel Europa

From: Touch Anywhere to Begin

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The essay “Meat and Metal in Mittel Europa’ reflects on the Central European obsession with meat. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Art of Beating Kids at Board Games

From: Send Me Into the Woods Alone

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The essay "The Art of Beating Kids at Board Games." 5 $0.50 Add
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The Cairn

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

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The author discusses her time and Winnipeg and the Canadian Human Rights Museum, highlighting its shortcomings in representing the genocide against Indigenous people as she recounts her one time … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Flâneur, Amsterdam, and a Hawk, Sunday, July 27, 2014

From: The Sunday Book

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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 … 10 $1.00 Add

The Spatiality of Yt Gays

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The Spatiality of Yt Gays

From: Nitisanak

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Besotted: Camille Paglia and Susan Sontag

From: Double Melancholy

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In this chapter, the author recalls their relationships. He also discusses the artistic influences of Camille Paglia and Susan Sontag. The material is presented as dated journal entries with … 21 $2.10 Add