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“The good thing about pen and words”: A Review of Shani Mootoo’s Poetry Collection THE PREDICAMENT OF OR
I count Shani Mootoo as one of Canada’s most gifted writers, her first novel Cereus Blooms at Night being one of the first queer books I read after coming out and still one of my favourite books of all time. … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Caribbean, Poetry, Postcolonial, Shani Mootoo, South Asian
Tagged immigration, poetry
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LGBTQ Fall Book Releases to Be Excited About
Fall! The leaves are turning colours and everyone is going back to school (well, I am, at least). Fall is also an especially awesome time for book lovers because so. many. books are released in this lovely season. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in asexual, Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Fiction, Lesbian, Marnie Woodrow, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Poetry, South Asian, Trans, Trans Feminine, Transgender
Tagged Arsenal Pulp Press, asexual, Black Fiction, Canadian authors, Canadian Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canadian Queer, fall book releases, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, poetry, polyamory
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Trish Salah’s Poetry Collection WANTING IN ARABIC: Why to Read It, and How
Have you ever read something that felt too smart for you? Winnipeg-based writer Trish Salah’s poetry collection Wanting In Arabic was like that for me, especially when I first picked it up. I’ve actually had quite a few unsuccessful starts … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Queer, Trans Feminine, Transgender
Tagged poetry, queer, trans literature, trans women, transgender, winnipeg
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“Ink on paper, picking up trails”: A Review of Beth Brant’s MOHAWK TRAIL
If you’ve never heard of Beth Brant (Degonwadonti), that’s a damn shame. I mean, she’s one of the founding grandmothers of lesbian writing in English, of Native lesbian writers, and women of colour writers. Shame on me for not reading … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Fiction, Indigenous, Poetry, Postcolonial
Tagged aboriginal, Canadian, first nations, Lesbian Fiction, Native, poetry, Postcolonial Fiction
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“a rust-belt affection for the way things flew apart”: A Review of Dani Couture’s Poetry Collection YAW
It only seems fitting that my review of this sparse, short book follows in the same tradition, so I don’t think I’ll be writing much about Toronto-based Dani Couture’s 57-page collection of poetry YAW. But don’t take that to mean I … Continue reading
