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Sixteenth Issue
Volume 8, No. 2

features

A Suitable Case For Treatment
By Andrew Steinmetz

It's Not About The Money
By Ian McGillis

fiction

Corner Pieces
Reviewed by Phil Hawes

Mac Tin Tac
Reviewed by Phil Hawes

Blackbodying
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

You, Kwazniekvski, You Piss Me Off
Reviewed by Angie Gallop

Apikoros Sleuth
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

Yesterday, At The Hotel Clarendon
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan

The Purest Of Human Pleasures
Reviewed by Elspeth Redmond

Tenor Of Love
Reviewed by Claire Holden Rothman

Garbage Head
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnston

Asthmatica
Reviewed by Ibi Kaslik

Death's Golden Whisper
Reviewed by David J. Cox

The Sands Motel
Reviewed by David J. Cox

Bloodknots
Reviewed by Kristine Kowalchuk

fiction at a glance

Taproot Iii
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Paul Moves Out
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

War's End: Profiles From Bosnia 1995-96
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

non-fiction

History Of The Book In Canada Volume One: Beginnings To 1840
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Aliens Adored: Rael's Ufo Religion
Reviewed by Kimberly Bourgeois

I'll Tell You A Secret: A Memoir Of Seven Summers
Reviewed by Linda Leith

Rent Boys: The World Of Male Sex Trade Workers
Reviewed by Joan Eyolfson Cadham

The Battle Of The St. Lawrence
Reviewed by Harvey Shepherd

When Grownups Play At War
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

A Life Of The Twentieth Century
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

non-fiction at a glance

The 60s: Montreal Thinks Big
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Pierre
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Travelling Light
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Stepping Out: The Golden Age Of Montreal Night Clubs
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Quebec: A Land Of Contrasts
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

poetry

Luna Moth And Other Poems
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Little Theatres
Reviewed by Bert Almon

The World Is A Heartbreaker
Reviewed by Bert Almon

In The House Of The Sun
Reviewed by Bert Almon

young readers

Abc: Letters From The Library
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

No More Pranks
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

I Am A Ballerina
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Doggie In The Window
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Samuel De Champlain: Father Of New France
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

A. Y. Jackson: A Love For The Land
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Rene Levesque: Charismatic Leader
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Stella, Princess Of The Sky
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Klepto
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Still Crazy

David Mcgimpsey

By Andrew Steinmetz

New Document McGimpsey�s file already includes three collections of poetry � Lardcake, Dogboy, and Hamburger Valley, California � and Imagining Baseball, a critical stud... READ MORE

Labour Of Love

Poet/publisher Steve Luxton And The Foot Soldiers Of Canlit

By Ian McGillis

New Document �They have a passion to do it. They�re highly intelligent, deeply in love with literature. They�re often writers themselves. They�re a very interesting group of people.�

Steve ... READ MORE

Family Ties

Ami Sands Brodoff's

By Kristine Kowalchuk

New Document It�s perhaps fitting that Ami Sands Brodoff�s collection of short fiction, Bloodknots, contains a few unwieldy stories. Following the tenets of form-content agreement, occasiona... READ MORE

Heavy Breathing

Jon Paul Fiorentino

By Ibi Kaslik

New Document Talent, mixed with the right amount of dysfunction and self-awareness, can be a monstrous thing. Add a diabolic wit and irreverence and you have Jon Paul Fiorentino, whose first book o... READ MORE

Hugh And I

Anne Coleman

By Linda Leith

New Document Anne Coleman�s beautifully written memoir of summers on the shores of Lake Massawippi not only tells the story of her adolescent attachment to Hugh MacLennan; it also brings to the sur... READ MORE

New Document We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage and SODEC for their generous support, without which this publication would not exist.

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