Current Issue: Predators and Gardens
Canadian Literature's Summer 2008 issue (CL#197), "Predators and Gardens", features articles on the works of Michael Ondaatje, L.M. Montgomery, George Elliott Clarke, Margaret Horsefield, and Marian Engel alongside our selections of new Canadian Poetry and Book Reviews.
Jane Everett
Gabrielle Roy contemporaine/The Contemporary Gabrielle Roy (p. 6 - 8)
Nathalie Cooke
Gabrielle Roy contemporaine/The Contemporary Gabrielle Roy (p. 6 - 8)
Lori Saint-Martin
De Gabrielle Roy à La Mémoire de l’eau de Ying Chen (p. 12 - 28)
Lee Brotherson
News and Gender in Gabrielle Roy (p. 30 - 43)
Lianne Moyes
Writing the Montreal Mountain (p. 45 - 66)
Roxanne Rimstead
Used People (p. 68 - 94)
Jean Morency
La figure de Gabrielle Roy chez Jacques Poulin et Michel Tremblay (p. 97 - 109)
Agnes Whitfield
Behind the “Powderworks” (p. 111 - 128)
Alexandre Lizotte
Port de Voix (p. 10 - 11)
A. Mary Murphy
The Wings of Young Fairies (p. 29)
Roger Nash
SHADOWS (p. 44)
Marie Carrière
Fée (p. 67)
Shane Rhodes
If it was the sea we heard (p. 95 - 96)
Rebecca Keillor
Grey exchange (p. 110)
Concepts of Culture: art, politics & society by Adam Muller. Reviewed by Len Findlay (p. 174 - 175)
Luck by Joan Barfoot. Reviewed by Jennifer Fraser (p. 129 - 130)
Thémes et variations. Regards sur la littérature franco-ontarienne by Johanne Melançon and Lucie Hotte. Reviewed by Louise H. Forsyth (p. 130 - 132)
Appartenances dans la littérature francophone d'Amérique du Nord by Larry Steele, Sophie Beaulé, and Joëlle Cauville. Reviewed by Louise H. Forsyth (p. 130 - 132)
Transpoètique. Éloge du nomadisme by Hédi Bouraoui. Reviewed by Louise H. Forsyth (p. 130 - 132)
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam. Reviewed by Maria N. Ng (p. 132 - 133)
You’re in Canada Now . . . A Memoir of Sorts by Susan Musgrave. Reviewed by Leila Bryce (p. 133 - 134)
Rediscovering the Prairies: Journeys By Dog, Horse, and Canoe by Norman Henderson. Reviewed by Jenny Kerber (p. 134 - 136)
Reading the River: A Traveller’s Companion to the North Saskatchewan River by Myrna Kostash and Duane Burton. Reviewed by Jenny Kerber (p. 134 - 136)
The True Blue of Islands by Pamela Mordecai. Reviewed by Katherine Verhagen (p. 136 - 137)
Calling Cards: New Poetry from Caribbean/Canadian Women by Pamela Mordecai. Reviewed by Katherine Verhagen (p. 136 - 137)
Back Talk: Plays of Black Experience by Louise Delisle. Reviewed by Katherine Verhagen (p. 136 - 137)
How to be a Green Liberal: Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy by Simon Hailwood. Reviewed by Graham Good (p. 137 - 139)
Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane. Reviewed by Moberley Luger (p. 139 - 141)
The New Canon: An Anthology of Canadian Poetry by Carmine Starnino. Reviewed by Moberley Luger (p. 139 - 141)
Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry by Derek Beaulieu, Jason Christie, and Angela Rawlings. Reviewed by Moberley Luger (p. 139 - 141)
Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs by Katherine Barber. Reviewed by Ramona Montagnes (p. 141 - 142)
The Violin Lover by Susan Glickman. Reviewed by Emily Doucet (p. 142 - 143)
The Shape I Gave You by Martha Baillie. Reviewed by Emily Doucet (p. 142 - 143)
Contact Zones: Aboriginal and Settler Women in Canada’s Colonial Past by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale. Reviewed by Janice Fiamengo (p. 143 - 145)
Baby Khaki’s Wings by Anar Ali. Reviewed by Kit Dobson (p. 145 - 147)
The Song of Kahunsha by Anosh Irani. Reviewed by Kit Dobson (p. 145 - 147)
Hand Luggage by P.K. Page. Reviewed by Sara Jamieson (p. 147 - 148)
Bright Centre by Elizabeth Brewster. Reviewed by Sara Jamieson (p. 147 - 148)
Les mains si blanches de Pye Chang by Francine Allard. Reviewed by Simona Emilia Pruteanu (p. 148 - 150)
Genèse de l’oubli by Clara Ness. Reviewed by Simona Emilia Pruteanu (p. 148 - 150)
La femme-homme by Simone Piuze. Reviewed by Simona Emilia Pruteanu (p. 148 - 150)
Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen. Reviewed by Ira Nadel (p. 150 - 151)
Panoptikon by Francis Catalano. Reviewed by Noële Racine (p. 151 - 152)
L’oiseau tatoué by Herménégilde Chiasson. Reviewed by Noële Racine (p. 151 - 152)
Un homme de trop by Antonio D’Alfonso. Reviewed by Noële Racine (p. 151 - 152)
La chasse spirituelle by Fulvio Caccia. Reviewed by Noële Racine (p. 151 - 152)
Trois fois passera by Françoise Clément-Bowden. Reviewed by Paul Genuist (p. 152 - 153)
Écran total by Laurent Chabin. Reviewed by Laurent Poliquin (p. 153 - 154)
Romans de la poésie by Yves Boisvert. Reviewed by Laurent Poliquin (p. 153 - 154)
JPod by Douglas Coupland. Reviewed by Brett Josef Grubisic (p. 154 - 156)
Mandorla by Nancy Holmes. Reviewed by Tim Conley (p. 156 - 158)
He Claims He Is the Direct Heir by Lazar Sarna. Reviewed by Tim Conley (p. 156 - 158)
Hurt Thyself by Andrew Steinmetz. Reviewed by Tim Conley (p. 156 - 158)
Tacoma Narrows by Mitchell Parry. Reviewed by Rick Gooding (p. 158 - 159)
The Village of Sliding Time by David Zieroth. Reviewed by Rick Gooding (p. 158 - 159)
Then Again: Something of a Life by Iain Higgins. Reviewed by Rick Gooding (p. 158 - 159)
Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory by Linda Spalding. Reviewed by Kathryn Carter (p. 159 - 161)
Clio’s Warriors: Canadian Historians and the Writing of the World Wars by Tim Cook. Reviewed by Marlene Briggs (p. 161 - 162)
Weather’s Edge: Women in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Compendium by Linda Cullum, Carmelita McGrath, and Marilyn Porter. Reviewed by Jennifer Delisle (p. 162 - 164)
Tattoo Joint by Jason Gileno. Reviewed by Ingrid Mündel (p. 164 - 166)
Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout by Tomson Highway. Reviewed by Ingrid Mündel (p. 164 - 166)
Yahrzeit by Alex Poch-Goldin. Reviewed by Ingrid Mündel (p. 164 - 166)
Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver by Paul Yee. Reviewed by Christopher Lee (p. 166 - 167)
what the auntys say by Sharon Proulx-Turner. Reviewed by Erin Wunker (p. 167 - 169)
breathing for breadth by Salimah Valiani. Reviewed by Erin Wunker (p. 167 - 169)
Gardening in the Tropics by Olive Senior. Reviewed by Erin Wunker (p. 167 - 169)
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest by Rudy Wiebe. Reviewed by Amy Kroeker (p. 169 - 171)
Blue Feast by Shawna Lemay. Reviewed by Crystal Hurdle (p. 171 - 173)
Sooner by Margaret Christakos. Reviewed by Crystal Hurdle (p. 171 - 173)
This Way the Road by Nina Berkhout. Reviewed by Crystal Hurdle (p. 171 - 173)
A History for the Future: Rewriting Memory and Identity in Quebec by Phyllis Aronoff, Jocelyn Létourneau, and Howard Scott. Reviewed by Adele Holoch (p. 173 - 174)
Bringing Back the Dodo: Lessons in Natural and Unnatural History by Wayne Grady. Reviewed by Charles Dawson (p. 176 - 177)
A Place Between the Tides: A Naturalist’s Reflections on the Salt Marsh by Harry Thurston. Reviewed by Charles Dawson (p. 176 - 177)
Momentary Dark: New Poems by Margaret Avison. Reviewed by Hilary Clark (p. 177 - 179)
Inventory by Dionne Brand. Reviewed by Hilary Clark (p. 177 - 179)
Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier by Catherine Hunter. Reviewed by Hilary Clark (p. 177 - 179)
In a World Created by a Drunken God by Drew Hayden Taylor. Reviewed by John Moffatt (p. 179 - 180)
Pursued by a Bear: Talks, Monologues, and Tales by Daniel David Moses. Reviewed by John Moffatt (p. 179 - 180)
The Innocent Eye Test by Michael Healey. Reviewed by Shannon Hengen (p. 180 - 182)
Cold Meat Party by Brad Fraser. Reviewed by Shannon Hengen (p. 180 - 182)
The Ventriloquist by Larry Tremblay. Reviewed by Shannon Hengen (p. 180 - 182)
Théâtre comique de Régis Roy (1864-1944) by Mariel O’Neill-Karch and Pierre Karch. Reviewed by Eric Paul Parent (p. 182 - 183)
Épinal by Robert Marinier. Reviewed by Eric Paul Parent (p. 182 - 183)
La Meute by Esther Beauchemin. Reviewed by Eric Paul Parent (p. 182 - 183)
Le Christ est apparu au Gun Club by Herménégilde Chiasson. Reviewed by Eric Paul Parent (p. 182 - 183)
‘Pictures Bring Us Messages’ /Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa: Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation by Alison K. Brown and Laura Peers, with members of the Kainai Nation. Reviewed by Dee Horne (p. 183 - 185)
Inter Alia by David Seymour. Reviewed by Antje M. Rauwerda (p. 185 - 187)
A Bad Year for Journalists by Lisa Pasold. Reviewed by Antje M. Rauwerda (p. 185 - 187)
The Lightness Which is Our World, Seen from Afar by Ven Begamudré. Reviewed by Antje M. Rauwerda (p. 185 - 187)
Writing Between the Lines: Portraits of Canadian Anglophone Translators by Agnes Whitfield. Reviewed by Glen Nichols (p. 187 - 188)
Mitchell: The Life of W.O. Mitchell: The Years of Fame–1948-1998 by Barbara Mitchell and Ormond Mitchell. Reviewed by Frances W. Kaye (p. 188 - 189)
Judith Thompson: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre. Volume Three by Ric Knowles. Reviewed by Anne Nothof (p. 189 - 191)
Vers le sud by Dany Laferriere. Reviewed by Mark Harris (p. 191 - 192)
Juno Beach: 3rd Canadian and 79th Armoured Divisions by Tim Saunders. Reviewed by Chris Leach (p. 192 - 193)
Jessica Langston
What about Gabrielle Roy? (p. 199 - 200)
Paul G. Socken
Gabrielle Roy and the Question of Canada (p. 200 - 206)
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (Author)
Sahéliennes. Interligne
Tina Charlebois (Author)
Polis lisses. Interligne
Rose Després (Author)
Si longtemps déjà. Prise de Parole
Les mots cherchent à provoquer le scandale. On note même une certaine insistance qui va bien au-delà de l'ironie. Voici que la poésie est au service de la dissidence. Dans les trois recueils dont il est question ici, un sujet-femme prend acte de sa marginalité réelle et se construit à même le refus des conventions génériques et socio-politiques. Dans Poils lisses, le deuxième recueil de Tina Charlebois, l'é [...]
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Toucher l'eau et le ciel. Éditions David
Francine Chiocoine (Author) and Robert Melançon (Author)
Sur la table vitrée. Éditions David
La forme du renku est issue de l’une des plus vieilles traditions poétiques japonaises : ushin renga. Ces ressemblements poétiques voyaient les poètes s’adonner à une joute déclamatoire où devaient alterner des vers de dix-sept et de quatorze syllabes. L’événement n’était pas sans rappeler de belles scènes du grand-œuvre du cinéaste Patrice Leconte : Ridicule. Sauf qu&rsq [...]
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Le même souffle. Éditions du Noroît
Monique Deland (Author)
Miniatures, balles perdues et autres désorres. Éditions du Noroît
Joël Pourbaix (Author)
Dictature de la solitude. Éditions du Noroît
Robert Berrouet-Oriol (Author)
En haute rumeur des siècles. Éditions Triptyque
Le livre de Joël Pourbaix révèle une riche profondeur sémantique qui s'accroît au rythme de la descente du sujet dans sa nuit intérieure. Empruntant d'abord les sentiers du récit de voyage, où il s'enfonce et se perd dans des quartiers labyrinthiques, le sujet poétique, en quête de lui-même, va à la rencontre de l'autre, car « pour trouver il faut être trouvé ». Ici, l'autre prend la [...]
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