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Tag Archives: Canadian literature
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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Taylor, Timothy: The Blue Light Project
Taylor, Timothy The Blue Light Project Knopf Canada, 2011 Hardcover, 347 pages Review by: Kerry Riley Nobody writes like Timothy Taylor. Thoughtful, provocative, intense, prescient – he’s a unique voice on our Canliterary scene, with, for me, a growing reputation … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian literature, Canlit, freesteal, Kerry Riley, Kerryoncanlit, modern life, parkour, street art, The Blue Light Project, Timothy Taylor
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Bezmozgis, David: The Free World
Bezmozgis, David The Free World Harper Collins, 2011 Hardcover, 354 pages Toronto author David Bezmozgis’ biography and bibliography have a very contemporary Canadian ring to them. Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1973, he came to Toronto with his parents in 1980. He … Continue reading
Harper, Lea: Shadow Crossing
Harper, Lea Shadow Crossing Black Moss Press, 2000 Softcover, 77 pages Review by: Kerry Riley All poems reproduced with permission from Black Moss Press I am reasonably certain (whether or not these things are openly acknowledged) that most alert, attentive, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian literature, Canadian poetry, Canlit, Kerry on Can Lit, Kerry Riley, Lea Harper, Shadow Crossing
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Itani, Frances: Requiem
Itani, Frances Requiem Harper Collins 2011 314 pages Advance Readers’ Edition Requiem, Ottawa writer Frances Itani’s newest book, is, according to the author, the product of forty or so years of on-and-off research* into one of our country’s least worthy … Continue reading
