Rural Literature

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The Drunken, Lovely Bird

Winner, American Independent Publishers Poetry Prize Sue Sinclair writes in a lyrical tradition that subverts the stereotype of "Canadian women’s" poetry while still playing with … 92 View
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The Sunday Book

“A poignant examination of aging and loss.” In The Sunday Book, Michael Trussler uses memoir to excavate and explore a range of inner lives, all lived at different speeds. With essays touching on … 216 View
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Took You So Long

Took You So Long presents emotionally resonant stories about challenging relationships and deeply flawed characters mired in the circumstances of their everyday lives. Often out of sight and … 188 View

Treaty#

A treaty is a contract. A treaty is enduring. A treaty is an act of faith. A treaty at its best is justice. It is a document and an undertaking. It is connected to place, people and self. It is … 112 View

Vancouver For Beginners

In Vancouver for Beginners, the nostalgia of place is dissected through the mapping of a city where readers are led past surrealist development proposals, post-apocalyptic postcards, childhood … 106 View

Weathervane

As unpredictable as the seasons that guide it, Weathervane is part eco-tourism, part domestic nocturne, and part tempest. In a shifting world, Mark Sampson resounds like a modern Zeus, advising … 80 View
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From: awâsis – kinky and dishevelled

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Introduction by Maria Campbell – otâcimow – The Storyteller – Crazy-Maker – papâmohtêwin – Walk About Worm-Like – Evolution – Pulling a … 35 $3.50 Add
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From: On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood

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On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood – A Poem in the Arms of Tyrannosaurus Rex – Gone – This Son of York – The World Made New – Slinky – Now is … 19 $1.90 Add
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Black River

From: River Woman

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pieces – breathe – river – lake – black river – ghosts – tongues – scars – arch – a fine dust – speak – Anishnaabemowin – … 28 $2.80 Add
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Bones of Paradise

From: I’d Write the Sea Like a Parlour Game

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Bones of Paradise – The Foragers – Battle Harbour Triptych – Summer Studies 1 – Summer Studies 2 – Sushi Bar – Irises – Black – Storm – … 12 $1.20 Add
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Enter by the rivers or inlet

From: Vancouver For Beginners

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Rainforest Paradise – Mouth of The Fraser River – Forest Fire Season – Barter – Inlet Echocardiogram – Lovers –Postcard Home From English Bay – Marpole … 17 $1.70 Add
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Hot Town

From: Hot Town and Other Stories

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From: Weathervane

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DAYLIGHT SAVING – DAYLIGHT STANDARD – EATING OUTDOORS – DRESSING IN LAYERS – THE TWO-FOUR WEEKEND – BLUE FOG – AN EARLY POEM – THERE IS NO MYSTERY … 23 $2.30 Add
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Impetus Ungainly

From: Treaty#

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Impetus Ungainly – Doctrine of Discovery – The Tap – Pink Mints – The Shop – The Claim – Reckoning – On the Day the World Begins Again – A Love … 31 $3.10 Add
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Introduction

From: Don’t Honk Twice

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A poem describing Belleville, Ontario. ; 1 $0.10 Add
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Inundation Day

From: Lands and Forests

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