Subjects & Themes

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Austin Clarke

Edited by Camille A. Isaacs

Culminating with the international success of The Polished Hoe in 2002, Austin Clarke has published 11 novels, six short-story collections, four memoirs, and two non-fiction pieces. His latest work, a long-form poem titled Where the Sun Shines Best (Guernica Editions), was published ... Read more

Escape to the Wild

By Andrea Hejlskov
Translated by Lasse Nyholm

Andrea Hejlskov was certain of one thing: life could not continue as it was. She and her husband had become disillusioned with their jobs and the pressures of urban living, their four children were spending too much time in their bedrooms with their computers, and conversations ... Read more

On Nostalgia

By David Berry
Read by Adam Daniel Mezei

 

From Mad Men to MAGA: how nostalgia came to be and why we are so eager to indulge it.

From movies to politics, social media posts to the targeted ads between them, nostalgia is one of the most potent forces of our era. On Nostalgia is a panoramic cultural history of nostalgia, ... Read more

Refuse

Edited by Erin Wunker, Julie Rak, and Hannah McGregor

CanLit--the commonly used short form for English Canadian Literature as a cultural formation and industry--has been at the heart of several recent public controversies. Why? Because CanLit is breaking open to reveal the accepted injustices at its heart. It is imperative that ... Read more

Where the Truth Lies

By Rudy Wiebe

"The problem with writer longevity can be a complicating, even contradictory oeuvre. Hopefully. "

Where The Truth Lies collects forty years of essays and speeches that Rudy Wiebe crafted over his many years as an author. In this illuminating and wide-ranging selection, Wiebe provides ... Read more