Montreal Review of Books: Spring and Summer 2002

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Volume 5, No. 2

features

In The Poetry Pavilion
By Carmine Starnino

Where The Heart Is
By Ian McGillis

fiction

Living Room
Reviewed by Joel Yanofsky

Behind The Face Of Winter
Reviewed by Doug Rollins

House Of Sighs
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

One Beautiful Day To Come
Reviewed by X. I. Selene

All Pure Souls
Reviewed by William Brown

Mile End
Reviewed by Noel Rieder

Love In The Age Of Confusion
Reviewed by Padma Viswanathan

The War Criminal
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan

fiction at a glance

Larry Volt
Reviewed by Ian McGillis

non-fiction

Reading Nelligan
Reviewed by Eric Ormsby

The Molsons: Their Lives & Times 1780 - 2000
Reviewed by Mary Soderstrom

Ribsauce: A Cd/anthology Of Words By Women
Reviewed by Maria Simpson

Life Everyone Else...but Different: The Paradoxical Success Of Canadian Jews
Reviewed by Louise Abbott

Resist!
Reviewed by Jane McAslan

Counter Productive: Quebec City Convergence For The Summit Of The Americas
Reviewed by Jane McAslan

non-fiction at a glance

A Christian In Israel: A Journey In The Holy Land And The Concerns Of Today
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Alone In The Appalachians: A City Girl's Trek From Maine To The Gaspésie
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Climb Your Stairway To Heaven
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Love Strong As Death: Lucy Peel's Canadian Journal 1833-1836
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

On The Go: What You Need To Know
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

poetry

Clinical Studies
Reviewed by Andrew Steinmetz

Girls And Handsome Dogs
Reviewed by Andrew Steinmetz

The Lover's Progress
Reviewed by Edward Smith

Pavilion
Reviewed by Carmine Starnino

A Picnic On Ice: Selected Poems
Reviewed by Adrienne Ho

young readers

Honey Trouble
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Where Does A Tiger-heron Spend The Night?
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Strange School, Secret Wish
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Stella, Fairy Of The Forest
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Smarty Pants
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

When Pigs Fly
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Isaac's Dream Catcher
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Lobster Kid's Guide To Exploring San Diego
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

A. M. Klein: Poet And Prophet
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Emma Albani: International Star
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Marshall Mccluhan, Wise Guy
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

George Grant: Redefining Canada
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

The Mirror And The Beast
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Popular Mechanics For Kids: Make Cool Gadgets For Your Room
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Popular Mechanics For Kids: Make Amazing Toy And Game Gadgets
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Illegally Easy Halloween Costumes For Kids
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Hey Kids...lets Make Gifts!
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

The Prince Chameleon Workbooks
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Ghost Cat
Reviewed by Zena Faith Levine

Vermeer In Verse

Award-winning Stephanie Bolster Returns With Pavilion

By Carmine Starnino

One might as well get this out of the way, not to whet some crass appetite for hype, but simply to face the fact of it: Stephanie Bolster, 32, is one of our winningest poets. The Bronwen Wallace Award, the Malahat Long Poem Prize, the Norma Epstein Award, and first prize in the (m)Other Tongue Press chapbook competition are among her top honours. Her career shot into immediate, prestige-powered or... READ MORE

Looking Ahead

Robert Lalonde's One Beautiful Day To Come

By X. I. Selene

The translation of Robert Lalonde's important 1986 novel, Une belle journée d'avance, deserves flawless typesetting, an effective blurb, and a worthy English title, preferably without the double entendre. As challenging as it may be to present serious literature concerning conception, the untidy appearance of One Beautiful Day to Come induces excessive squirming. But despite Lalonde'... READ MORE

The Coalition for Cultural diversity includes 32 Canadian associations that represent creators, artists, broadcasters, distributors, and publishers in publishing, film, television, music, performing and visual arts.

The Coalition advocates that countries and government be entirely free to adopt the policies necessary to support a broad range of cultural expression and the viability of enterprises that produce and disseminate this expression.

The Coalition believes that cultural policy must not be subject to the constraints on international trade agreements, like those of the World Trade Organization (WTO), because many key Canadian cultural policies would be dismantled.

For more information, go to the Coalition Web site: www.cdc-ccd.org.

We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their generous support, without which this publication would not exist. We particularly wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Interdepartmental Partnership with Official Language Communities for funding assistance.