Montreal Review of Books: Fall & Winter 2000-2001

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Volume 4, No. 1

features

Hugh Hood
By Doug Rollins

One Man's Opinion
By Joel Yanofsky

Words From The Ward
By Carmine Starnino

fiction

Overnight Sensation
Reviewed by Padma Viswanathan

The Beothuk Saga
Reviewed by Mary Soderstrom

A Summer Without Dawn
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan

Ondine's Curse
Reviewed by Maria Simpson

Realia
Reviewed by Ian Ferrier

The Truth Is
Reviewed by Simon McAslan

Walkups
Reviewed by Simon McAslan

Tsubaki
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

The Pillow Book Of Lady Kasa
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

non-fiction

The Turtle Hypodermic Of Sickenpods: Liberal Studies In The Corporate Age
Reviewed by P. Scott Lawrence

Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec
Reviewed by Andy Brown

Writing Leonard Cohen
Reviewed by Juan Rodriguez

The Stranger In The Plumed Hat
Reviewed by David Homel

Blind Sacrifice
Reviewed by Melissa Scowcroft

Saint Saul: A Skeleton Key To The Historical Jesus
Reviewed by Donald Winkler

non-fiction at a glance

Steamboat Connections: Montreal To Upper Canada

Storied Streets: Montreal In The Literary Imagination

Montreal Of Yesterday: Jewish Life In Montreal 1900-1920

Montreal Memories Of The Century From The Sketchbooks Of John Collins

poetry

Credo
Reviewed by Lucille King-Edwards

young readers

The Mole Sisters And The Wavy Wheat
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

The Mole Sisters And The Busy Bees
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Elton The Elf
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

That Curly-haired Girl
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Jason Mason Middleton-tapp
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Hamsters Don't Glow In The Dark
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Piglets Don't Watch Television
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Puppy's First Year
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Kitty's First Year
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Fashion Fandango
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Maxwell's Metamorphosis
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Lean Mean Machines
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

A Time Of Golden Dragons
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

The Trial Of The Stone: A Folktale
Reviewed by Sarah Rosenfeld

Taras Grescoe

Poutine, Celine, Etc

By Andy Brown

Don't be put off by the tone of this book's first chapter, "Poutine Nation," which seems tacked on to make the book appeal to the hipster in Edmonton or Toronto but will probably elicit groans from anyone who has passed through a Montreal C�gep. Fortunately, the rest of the book is well written, meticulously researched, and relevant to post-referendum Quebecers and non-Quebecers alike.

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Congratulations! Judith Mappin won the Janice E. Hanford Award, given annually to an individual who has advanced the cause of small and literary Canadian publishing.

Presented at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival

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.

Montreal Review of Books is published biannually by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ).

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