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March 08, 2024Two Novellas Come Together in Nora Gold's In Sickness and In Health / Yom Kippur in a Gym
Sometimes the stories we tell demand unique forms and approaches, and this is certainly the case with In Sickness and In Health/Yom Kippur in a Gym (Guernica Editions) by Nora Gold. This book isn't ...
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November 15, 2024Two Sisters Must Reckon with Deeply-Held Family Secrets in Louise Ells' New Novel, Lies I Told My Sister
After being named a Hawthornden Fellow, author Louise Ells was given the go-ahead to take the opportunity by her family, a crucial decision due to her caretaking duties for a husband living with dementia. ...
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February 19, 2025Two Women Risk Everything to Escape Communist Poland in Kasia's Jaronczyk's Riveting Debut Novel
Prolific author Kasia Jaronczyk has had works of fiction and nonfiction published widely in journals and anthologies, and her keen voice has long been on display for readers. As an author with Polish ...
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September 11, 2024Two Young Athletes Find Themselves Torn Between the Sport They Love and State Rule in Eyes on the Ice
Already the author of two critically acclaimed hockey biographies for young readers, Anna Rosner has stayed with the sport, but shifted approaches and forms in her latest work. The result is the powerful ...
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August 16, 2024Uma Krishnaswami, Author of Birds on the Brain, Shares Her Writing Wisdom With Open Book!
Acclaimed author Uma Krishnaswami has a great deal of experience as an author, but also as a creative writing instructor. It's a dual-role that many writers actually have throughout their career, and ...
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October 22, 2018
Uncomfortable Questions
One of the most common questions any writer from a marginalized background gets is “who did you write this for?” A variation of that is “what audience did you have in mind when you wrote this?” ...
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October 04, 2024Undaunted Ursula Franklin Honours and Celebrates a Truly Remarkable Scholar, Scientist, and Activist
“Peace is not the absence of war, peace is the absence of fear.” The above quote comes from Ursula Franklin, the titular character in a new book for young people that explores the life of this fascinating, ...
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May 19, 2017
Unstupid
It's been stressful checking my Facebook feed for the past couple of weeks now. This is because my community has gone a bit berserk over an editorial in The Writer's Trust of Canada magazine, Write, that ...
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September 25, 2017
Unsung Heroes of Literature: Will You Answer My Questions? Interview With Question Mark
Given Question Mark’s status and generally elusive nature, I did not, in any way, expect to be granted an interview. I would describe the email I sent to Question Mark as more of a Hail-Mary pass than ...
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January 14, 2017Valentine's Shadow
The terrible weight of Valentine's Day is exactly one month away. What better way to celebrate its inexorable gravity than to discuss one of those topics rarely discussed in relation to the writing ...
