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Tag Archives: Feminist
“how to live with the baggage of life”: A Review of Jane Rule’s Memoir TAKING MY LIFE
I want to start off this review with a confession: Taking My Life, legendary Canadian lesbian writer Jane Rule’s memoir, was given to me as a review copy for this blog not long after I first began it in 2012. … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Jane Rule, Lesbian, memoir, Non-Fiction, Queer, Vancouver
Tagged Canadian authors, Feminist, herstory, LGBTQ, literature
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Taking Root: A Review of Amber Dawn’s Poetry Collection WHERE THE WORDS END AND MY BODY BEGINS
Have you ever heard of something called a glosa poem? If you haven’t, you’re like me when I picked up Amber Dawn’s debut poetry collection Where the Words End and My Body Begins, which is comprised of these things called … Continue reading
The Effortlessly Gorgeous and Revolutionary: A Review of Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Emma Donoghue has managed to completely overwhelm me with her book of fairy tales, Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins. Her writing in this stunning collection somehow channels the smooth and effortless voice of old, old tales passed … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian, Emma Donoghue, Fantasy, Fiction, Lesbian, Queer
Tagged fairy tales, Feminist, irish writers
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An Ideal Read for a Thoughtful Night at a Coffeehouse: A Review of Gail Scott’s Main Brides
Montreal writer Gail Scott’s 1993 book Main Brides is less a novel than a series of snapshots, taken with the camera of the main character Lydia’s eyes. It’s a book where mood and atmosphere are more important than plot or … Continue reading
Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Fiction, Gail Scott, Lesbian, Montreal, Queer
Tagged Book Review, Canadian, Canadian Fiction, Feminist, Lesbian Fiction, Montreal, Talon books
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