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Author Archives: kerryoncanlit
McKay, Don: The Shell of the Tortoise
McKay, Don The Shell of the Tortoise Gaspereau Press, 2011 Softcover, 149 pages Review by: Kerry Riley My life, as far as I understand these things, is very much like that of countless others of my late boomer generation, in the western … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian poetry, Don McKay, Kerry Riley, Kerryoncanlit, The Shell of the Tortoise, wilderness poetry
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Hage, Rawi: Carnival
Hage, Rawi Carnival House of Anansi Press, 2012 Hardcover; 289 pages Review by: Kerry Riley Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1964, Rawi Hage, as a child, experienced both the Lebanese civil war and exile in Cyprus. He eventually emigrated to New York City, where, isolated and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian immigrant fiction, Carnival, Hage Rawi, Kerry on Can Lit, Kerry Riley, the Fool
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Siege 13: 10 Questions for Tamas Dobozy
An email interview with the author by Kerry Riley 1. When you read over a newly written passage of your own with a self-critical eye, what qualities in the writing identify it as successful to you? No doubt the specifics … Continue reading
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Tagged Kerry on Can Lit, Kerry Riley, Siege 13, Siege of Budapest, Tamas Dobozy, World War II
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A Kerry On Can Lit Wordle.
These are fun. No surprise that “book” and “life” are so prominent and close! http://www.wordle.net/
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Fostaty, Gerry: As You Were: the tragedy at Valcartier
Fostaty, Gerry As You Were: the tragedy at Valcartier Goose Lane Editions, 2011 Nonfiction Paperback, 197 pages In the summer of 1974, Gerry Fostaty was a gangly eighteen-year-old serving as an NCO on a cadet training assignment at Canadian Forces Base … Continue reading
Behrens, Peter: The O’Briens
Behrens, Peter The O’Briens House of Anansi, 2011 Paperback, 514 pages Review by: Kerry Riley Peter Behrens came to prominence with the publication of his first novel, The Law of Dreams, which won the Governor General’s Award for fiction in 2006, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian history, Canadian literature, Kerry Riley, Kerryoncanlit, O'Briens, Peter Behrens
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Crosbie, Lynn: Life Is About Losing Everything
Crosbie, Lynn Life Is About Losing Everything House of Anansi, 2012 Paperback, 348 pages Review by: Kerry Riley One day, long ago, and as a result of some long-forgotten plumbing catastrophe, I found myself, in the fading light of a dismal, sleeting afternoon … Continue reading
Heti, Sheila: How Should A Person Be?
Heti, Sheila How Should A Person Be? House of Anansi Press, 2012 Paperback (expanded edition) 306 pages Toronto writer Sheila Heti’s new book How Should A Person Be? has already garnered significant attention, with commentary in Quill & Quire, The Globe and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian literature, How Should A Person Be, Kerry Riley, Kerryoncanlit, Sheila Heti
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Canadian Authors Association Awards Announced
This summer’s winners of the Canadian Authors Association Awards have been announced. Patrick deWitt wins the award for fiction for The Sisters Brothers (Anansi) beating out Miriam Toews (Irma Voth) and others. The poetry prize goes to Goran Simic for … Continue reading
