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Volume 10, No. 1

features

Humanizing History
By Ami Sands Brodoff

War And Movies
By Faustus Salvador

fiction

Bonbons Assortis/assorted Candies
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

Dead Man's Float
Reviewed by Sarah Steinberg

Dreadful Paris
Reviewed by Adriana Palanca

Last Chance To Renew
Reviewed by Joel Yanofsky

North Of 9/11
Reviewed by Richmond Wong

Static Control
Reviewed by Joan E. Cadham

The Black Notebook
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

The Man Who Wanted To Drink Up The Sea
Reviewed by Dimitri Nasrallah

The Mole Chronicles
Reviewed by Dylan Young

The Ratcatcher
Reviewed by Claude Lalumière

non-fiction

Fighting From Home: The Second World War In Verdun, Quebec
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Girlhood: Redefining The Limits
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Oliver Jones: The Musician, The Man: A Biography
Reviewed by Doug Rollins

Prisoners Of The Home Front: German Pows And 'enemy Aliens' In Southern Quebec, 1940 - 1946
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Terra Nostra, 1550 - 1950: The Stories Behind Canada's Maps
Reviewed by Ted Smith

The Teeth Of Time: Remembering Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Reviewed by Aparna Sanyal

Translating Montreal: Episodes In The Life Of A Divided City
Reviewed by Elise Moser

non-fiction at a glance

Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Smart Shopping
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

poetry

Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
Reviewed by Jon Paul Fiorentino

Horror Vacui
Reviewed by Bert Almon

I, Nadja And Other Poems
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Let Me Go!
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Out To Dry In Cape Breton
Reviewed by Bert Almon

young readers

Augustine
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Christmas Eve Magic
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

In The Days Of Sand And Stars
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Our Game: The History Of Hockey In Canada
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Simon Says: Seasons
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Taming Horrible Harry
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Birdman
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Mayor's Missing Cat
Reviewed by Carol-Ann Hoyte

Can You Hear The Nightbird Call?

Humanizing History

By Ami Sands Brodoff

New Document "Why not?"

A dangerous question, glimmering with risk and possibility, but one Montreal novelist Anita Rau Badam... READ MORE

Deniro's Game

Re-imagining Beirut

By Faustus Salvador

New Document DeNiro's Game, Montreal author Rawi Hage's debut novel about a young man yearning to escape war-torn Beirut, take... READ MORE

New Document Thanks to Andrea Belcham and Mary Mony for copy-editing assistance.

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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