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The Essential Douglas LePan

Poems

The Essential Douglas LePan presents a wide-ranging collection of poetry—from tense verses on the fog of war to homoerotic love poems to lyrics in praise of the natural world, all in … ; 64 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

Things Are Good Now

Stories

Set in East Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the U.S., Things Are Good Now examines the weight of the migrant experience on the human psyche. In Djamila Ibrahim’s powerful story … 258 View
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Through Disassembled Houses of Perfect Stones

The weight of history lies on the spine of memory. That heft and delicate balance are palpable in these rich poems that echo with grief, longing, and observed beauty. From the silence and … 128 View

To Live and Die in Scoudouc

First published in 1974, Mourir à Scoudouc emerged out of a period of cultural awakening. Chiasson’s poems denounced the narrow limitations of the past and traced the lines of a fresh … 96 View
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Tongues

On Longing and Belonging through Language

In this collection of deeply personal essays, twenty-six writers explore their connection with language, accents, and vocabularies, and contend with the ways these can be used as both bridge and … ; ; 242 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

True Concessions

Winner, Archibald Lampman Poetry Award and Ottawa Book Award These poems chart moments where the beauty of life is glimpsed like a carnival through a crack in a fence. The verse is full of living … 76 View

Way Up

stories

In the thirteen stories that comprise Way Up, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer’s canvas stretches from downtown Toronto to isolated farms, from the Canadian Shield to Nova Scotia and Europe, and even … 190 View
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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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From: Holy Wild

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Akii — Girls Like Me — White Passing — Curiosities — Transition — Boys — Endings — Root — Burrs — Boys 24 $2.40 Add
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Bodhisattva on a Bicycle

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 … 18 $1.80 Add
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British Columbia

From: Write Across Canada

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Memories from Milk Crates – Granny ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Field Study

From: The Drunken, Lovely Bird

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Lilacs – Streetlight, Afternoon – Dining Room, Morning after Mrs. Dalloway’s Party – Six Winters – Downtown Core – Field Study – City Hall, August … 19 $1.90 Add
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Instructions

From: Quiet Night Think

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Ships, Silences, and Sanctuaries: On Paul Vermeersch’s Shared Universe by Daniel Scott Tysdal

From: Shared Universe

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Ships, Silences, and Sanctuaries: On Paul Vermeersch’s Shared Universe by Daniel Scott Tysdal 22 $2.20 Add