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Category Archives: Daphne Marlatt
Interview with a Queer Reader: Julie Rak Talks Women’s Bookstores, Gay Biker Books, Finding Your Own Queer History in Books, and More!
Julie talks about finding a gay book about a priest and a biker in her high school library, finding out about her own queer history through books, what losing women’s bookstores has meant to her, and more! Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Daphne Marlatt, Fiction, Interview with a Queer Reader, Lesbian, Queer
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A Glimpse into a Different Kind of Queerness: A Review of Jane Rule’s Novel Memory Board
Jane Rule’s 1987 Memory Board was recommended to me as the novel I should start with when approaching this Canadian lesbian writing legend who passed away in 2007. I followed the advice of the professors who gave me a quick … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Daphne Marlatt, Fiction, Jane Rule, Lesbian, Queer, Vancouver
Tagged Book Review, books, Canadian, fiction, lesbian, literature
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Reimagining Queer Canadian Women’s Herstory: A Review of Daphne Marlatt’s Novel Ana Historic
For a viscerally experimental and gorgeously postmodern glimpse at queer Canadian women’s herstory, there is no better place to look than Daphne Marlatt’s 1988 novel Ana Historic. I say postmodern and experimental because the novel undoubtedly is, but this is … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Daphne Marlatt, Fiction, Lesbian, Poetry, Queer, Vancouver
Tagged Book Review, books, Canadian, Canadian Literature, Feminist, House of Anansi, Lesbian Fiction, literature
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Daphne Marlatt to be Awarded Lifetime Acheivement Award Tonight in Vancouver
Daphne Marlatt is a true Canadian queer feminist legend, and she’s getting the recognition she deserves tonight at the Vancouver public library, where she’ll be honoured with the George Woodcock Lifetime Acheivement Award. This award is given to British Columbia … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Daphne Marlatt, Lesbian, News, Poetry, Queer, Vancouver
Tagged Canadian authors, Canadian poetry, Daphne Marlatt, news, poetry, Vancouver
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