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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover) by Ishmael Beah bookshelves: reviews |
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"Meeting Ishmael Beah is a disorienting experience. Here is someone who once competed with other child soldiers to see who could slash the throats of captured prisoners most quickly. Beah won. It's one of many chilling scenes in his book, A Long Way G...more
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"Hamida Ghafour was born in Afghanistan, but grew up in Toronto after her family fled the country in 1981. It wasn't until she was in her mid-20s -- after two decades of war on Afghan soil -- that she felt the urge to return. In 2003, she did. And she...more
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"Nathan Englander was born and raised in an orthodox Jewish community in Long Island, New York. His first book, a collection of short stories that centred on the lives of the New York Hasidim, was published eight years ago to almost universal acclaim....more
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"Today is the day after Asian Heritage Month. Which is fitting, since Jen Sookfong Lee wants to talk about living outside the definitions of "Chinese Canadian" and "Chinese Canadian writer." And she chuckles at the predictable, yet...more
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"Jacqueline Rose, a regular contributor to the London Review of Books, expertly weaves literature into our understanding of political and psychological life today in Israel and Palestine in her profound and profoundly ambitious new collection of essay...more
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The Big Book of Pop Culture: A How-to Guide for Young Artists (Paperback) by Hal Niedzviecki (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: reviews |
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"Reaching for the stars is a sham, says Hal Niedzviecki in his latest book, The Big Book of Pop Culture. Shows like American Idol showcase a "false model" of talent, and don't help people at all.
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"It's been a hectic day for Tony Wheeler. He missed his morning flight from Portland; he almost didn't make it on the next flight, and now his luggage has been...
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"If I were the author of fiction, and wanted to use all my creativity to describe an early-afternoon visit to a right-wing think tank, I would avoid certain flourishes that might make me seem like an agitprop-writing leftist hack.
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Intent for a Nation: What Is Canada For? (Hardcover) by Michael Byers bookshelves: reviews |
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"[Editor's Note: Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia and is a regular contributor to the Tyee, among other publications. The following is excerpted from his new b...more
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