The News

The News

The News By Rob TaylorPublisher: Gaspereau Press Book Description The news can mean many things, but first and foremost in this collection the news is We’re having a baby! Starting in the fifth week of his wife’s pregnancy, Rob Taylor wrote a poem every week as they...
100 Days

100 Days

100 Days By Juliane Okot BitekPublisher: University of Alberta Press Book Description For 100 days, Juliane Okot Bitek recorded the lingering nightmare of the Rwandan genocide in a poem – each poem recalling the senseless loss of life and of innocence. Okot...
If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You

If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You

If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You By Adèle BarclayPublisher: Nightwood Editions Book Description If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You is a collection that travels through both time and place, liminally occupying the chasm between Canadiana and Americana...
Mexican Hooker #1

Mexican Hooker #1

Mexican Hooker #1 And My Other Roles Since the Revolution By Carmen AguirrePublisher: Random House Canada Book Description Carmen Aguirre has lived many lives, all of them to the full. At age six, she was a Chilean refugee adjusting to life as a Latina in North...
The Marriott Cell

The Marriott Cell

The Marriott Cell An Epic Journey from Cairo’s Scorpion Prison to Freedom By Mohamed Fahmy, with Carol ShabenPublisher: Random House Canada Book Description On December 29, 2013, Egyptian security forces seized Fahmy and two of his colleagues, accusing them of...