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Tag Archives: Kerry on Can Lit
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
Posted in New Reviews
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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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
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
Posted in Poetry
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
