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My Book, My Self
by Ronald L. Grimes
by Ronald L. Grimes
At fifty I wrote Marrying & Burying, a memoir. Today, twenty-seven years later, in the middle of a pandemic, I…
Author Meghan Desjardins
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Réjean Ducharme’s Swallowed (Trans. Madeleine Stratford)
by Michel Basilières
by Michel Basilières
The publisher of Réjean Ducharme’s debut novel, L’avalée des avalés, isn’t exaggerating in claiming that this first Canadian English translation…
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Alex Pugsley’s Aubrey McKee
by Steven W Beattie
by Steven W Beattie
There are two words on the cover of Alex Pugsley’s Aubrey McKee that strike a discordant note in retrospect. Not…
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Nadine Bismuth’s A Family Affair (Trans. Russell Smith)
by Brett Josef Grubisic
by Brett Josef Grubisic
Ubiquitous greeting-card racks promote lofty sentiments about friendship, romance, and marriage (i.e., “Your presence makes life worth living!”), but even…
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Justin Ling’s Missing from the village and Silver Donald Cameron’s Blood in the Water
by Alex Good
by Alex Good
Just what are the police for? With recent calls for their defunding (whatever that may mean) it’s a question that’s…
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Madhur Anand’s This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart
by Andreae Callanan
by Andreae Callanan
“Some viruses have envelopes. Some letters are best left unopened. Now my mother is on the phone telling me to…
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Cold War, Warm Bed
By Brian Busby
By Brian Busby
Truth proves elusive in Tom Ardies’ 1971 Cold War thriller about a millionaire presidential candidate in possible cahoots with the Russians.