Monthly Archives: October 2012

An Empty Ache in Your Chest: A Review of Anne Fleming’s Anomaly

Posted on October 28, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Anne Fleming’s Anomaly (2005) is one of those novels, which, despite being nearly five hundred pages long, makes you want to return right to the first page and begin again once you’ve finished reading it.  It’s the kind of book … Continue reading →

Posted in Anne Fleming, Canadian, Coming-of-age, Fiction, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

“Landing, landing: an ecstatic quiver at touchdown”: A Review of Emma Donoghue’s Novel Landing

Posted on October 14, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I started reading London, ON-based Irish author Emma Donoghue’s 2007 novel Landing at about eleven o’clock at night thinking I would read a chapter or two and then drop off to sleep.  At two o’clock in the morning, eyes barely … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Indigenous, Lesbian, Queer, South Asian | Tagged , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Reimagining the Sublime West Coast: A Review of Alex Leslie’s People Who Disappear

Posted on October 11, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I first encountered Vancouver writer Alex Leslie’s work in the new queer Canadian literary magazine Plenitude, which I recently reviewed.  I thought Leslie’s prose poems in Plenitude gorgeously expressed the complexities of queer desire.  So when I was offered the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Hiromi Goto, Indigenous, Lesbian, Poetry, Queer, Short Stories, Vancouver | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments