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#207 (Winter 2010)
Mordecai Richler
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Review Essay: Richler's Biographies (p. 103 - 107)
by Glenn Deer
Book(s) reviewed:
- Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran
- Mordecai Richler: A Life in Ten Novels by Ada Craniford
- Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain by Reinhold Kramer
- Mordecai Richler by M. G. Vassanji
- The Last Honest Man: Mordecai Richler: An Oral Biography by Reinhold Kramer
Community Spaces (p. 107 - 108)
by Marie Lo
Book(s) reviewed:
- Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World by Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong
High Notes (p. 108 - 110)
by Dorothy F. Lane
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Grumpy Man by Raymond Fraser
- The Old Familiar by Alex Hawley
- Walking on Water by Jancis M. Andrews
Échos démultipliés (p. 110 - 112)
by Patricia Godbout
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'Écho de nos classiques by Agnès Whitfield
- Les Sables Mouvants: Shifting Sands by Hubert Aquin
A Continuing Dystopia (p. 112 - 113)
by Leonard Bond
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
A Persevering Presence (p. 113 - 115)
by Deborah Bowen
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Kind of Perseverance by Margaret Avison
- I Am Here and Not Not-There: An Autobiography by Margaret Avison
La souffrance des exilés (p. 115)
by Jorge Calderón
Book(s) reviewed:
- Les Pieds Sales by Edem Awumey
Lyric Translations (p. 116 - 117)
by Janet Neigh
Book(s) reviewed:
- God of Missed Connections by Elizabeth Bachinsky
- Joy is so Exhausting by Susan Holbrook
- m-Talá by Chus Pato
- The Rose Concordance by Angela Carr
Collecting Bodies (p. 118 - 119)
by Judith Leggatt
Book(s) reviewed:
- Looking for Cardenio by Jean Rae Baxter
- Luck: A Bill Shmata Mystery by Dave Carpenter
- Operation Rimbaud by Jacques Godbout and Patricia Claxton
- Still Waters by John Moss
Réformistes ou nationalistes? (p. 119 - 120)
by Michel Ducharme
Book(s) reviewed:
- Les Réformistes by Éric Bédard
De l'égard pour l'ordinaire (p. 120 - 121)
by Marc André Brouillette
Book(s) reviewed:
- Répit by Paul Bélanger
L'Élan et le décours (p. 121 - 122)
by Nelson Charest
Book(s) reviewed:
- Poème du décours by Robert Berrouet-Oriol
- Prière à Blanc by Michael Deslisle
Arcadia Under Glass (p. 122 - 123)
by Nicholas Bradley
Book(s) reviewed:
- Animals of My Own Kind: New and Selected Poems by Harry Thurston
- Boxing the Compass by Richard Greene
- Penned: Zoo Poems by Katia Grubisic, Stephanie Bolster, and Simon Reader
Narratives and Ethics (p. 123 - 125)
by Lydia Forssander-Song
Book(s) reviewed:
- Stories of the Middle Space: Reading the Ethics of Postmodern Realisms by Deborah Bowen
Des écrits poétiques (p. 125 - 126)
by Paul Genuist
Book(s) reviewed:
- À pieds joints dans les flaques by Suzanne Lamarre
- Fragments de ciel: Haiku by Carmen Leblanc
- Lettre à Saint-Expuéry by Katie Canciani
Voix du fleuve (p. 126)
by Emmanuel Bouchard
Book(s) reviewed:
- Pointe Maligne. L'infiniment oubliée by Nicole V. Champeau
Quelques décalages (p. 127 - 128)
by Nicole Nolette
Book(s) reviewed:
- Carpe Diem: anthologie canadienne du haïku/Canadian Anthology of Haiku by Marco Fraticelli, Francine Chicoine, and Terry Ann Carter
- Décalage by Patrice Desbiens
- Le Groupe des huit: Huit Poètes Anglo-Québécois by Judith-Louise Thibault
- Roc & rail: trains fantômes by Mansel Robinson
Les limites entre la fiction et la réalité (p. 128 - 129)
by Catherine Khordoc
Book(s) reviewed:
- Pour de Vrai, Pour de Faux by Francine D'Amour
Storied Images (p. 130 - 131)
by Blanca Schorcht
Book(s) reviewed:
- Blackfoot War Art: Pictographs of the Reservation Period, 1880-2000 by L. James Dempsey
- Long Powwow Nights by David Bouchard and Pam Aleekuk
Ce que révèlent les lieux environnants (p. 131 - 132)
by Ariane Tremblay
Book(s) reviewed:
- Fragment d'eau by Pauline Dugas
- Nid de brindilles by Carmen Leblanc
Growing Pains (p. 132 - 133)
by Gisèle M. Baxter
Book(s) reviewed:
- i.d.: Stuff That Happens to Define Us by Peter Mitchell and Kate Scowen
- We Want You to Know: Kids Talk about Bullying by Deborah Ellis
Exorcising Demons (p. 133 - 134)
by Brandon McFarlane
Book(s) reviewed:
- Climbing Patrick's Mountain by Des Kennedy
- Open Arms by Marina Endicott
Marian Engel's Last Novel (p. 135 - 136)
by Janice Fiamengo
Book(s) reviewed:
- Marian and the Major: Marian Engel's "Elizabeth and the Golden City" by Christl Verduyn
Un monde créé et défait (p. 136)
by Pénélope Cormier
Book(s) reviewed:
- Mary-Jane la tueuse by Sylvia Maria Filion
Voir le visible (p. 136 - 137)
by Cyril Schreiber
Book(s) reviewed:
- Le silence est une voie navigable by Catherine Fortin
- Les Rives claires by Michel Létourneau
- Lointain écho de la petite histoire by Olivier Labonté
Un simulacre de noyade (p. 138 - 139)
by Natasha Dagenais
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'isle silencieuse by Maurice Gagnon
Façonnages et refaçonnages (p. 139 - 140)
by Patricia Godbout
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'armée de terre cuite by Gary Geddes
- Nisan by John Mikhail Asfour
Cutthroat Fashion (p. 140 - 141)
by Kevin Hung Te Tjia
Book(s) reviewed:
- Zero History by William Gibson
Divergent Perspectives on Grace and Memory (p. 141 - 142)
by Sharanpal Ruprai
Book(s) reviewed:
- Enter the Chrysanthemum by Fiona Lam
- Fish Bones by Gillian Sze
- Reticent Bodies by Moez Surani
- Valley Sutra by Kuldip Gill
Living On (p. 143 - 144)
by Lorraine Weir
Book(s) reviewed:
- Canadian Literature at the Crossroads of Language and Culture by Barbara Godard and Smaro Kamboureli
Anti-Heroes All (p. 144 - 146)
by Janice Fiamengo
Book(s) reviewed:
- On the Art of Being Canadian by Sherrill Grace
Essays Afloat and Adrift (p. 146 - 147)
by Travis V. Mason
Book(s) reviewed:
- Adrift on the Ark: Our Connection to the Natural World by Margaret Thompson
- Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds by Trevor Herriot
Questions de distance (p. 147 - 148)
by Jorge Calderón
Book(s) reviewed:
- Habiter la distance: Études en marge de la distance habitée by Guy Poirier and Lucie Hott
Gabrielle Roy, franco-manitobaine (p. 148 - 149)
by Sophie Marcotte
Book(s) reviewed:
- Sillons: Hommage à Gabrielle Roy by Collectif Collectif
Words and Worlds (p. 148 - 149)
by Aaron Giovannone
Book(s) reviewed:
- After the 6ix O'Clock News by Kemeny Babineau
- Imaginary Maps by Darrell Epp
- Other People's Lives by Chris Hutchinson
- Passenger Flight by Brian Campbell
Mid-Century Memories (p. 149 - 150)
by Kathryn Carter
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Life Consumed: Lily Samson's Dispatches from the TB Front by Diane Sims
- Broad is the Way: Stories from Mayerthorpe by Margaret Norquay
- Mud Sweat and Tears: Tales from a Country Vet by Bud Ings
Un passeur essentiel (p. 151)
by Robert Vigneault
Book(s) reviewed:
- Ecrire le réel by Naim Kattan
D'un oeil critique (p. 152)
by Julia Morris-von Luczenbacher
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'Oeil de Marquise by Monique Larue
Rethinking the Diary (p. 153 - 154)
by Laurie McNeill
Book(s) reviewed:
- On Diary by Julie Rak and Jeremy D. Popkin
Generic Expectations (p. 154 - 156)
by Lisa Grekul
Book(s) reviewed:
- Century by Ray Smith
- Eva's Threepenny Theatre by Andrew Steinmetz
Risky Business (p. 154 - 156)
by Lisa Grekul
Book(s) reviewed:
- Burmese Lessons by Karen Connelly
- The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
Marlatt Writes Gracefully into Noh (p. 156 - 157)
by Judy Halebsky
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Gull by Daphne Marlatt
Throats & Claws (p. 157 - 158)
by Emily Wall
Book(s) reviewed:
- Grace Must Wander by Stephanie McKenzie
- SLANT Room by Michael Eden Reynolds
- The New Blue Distance by Jeanette Lynes
Remembrances of Things Past (p. 158 - 159)
by Karl Jirgens
Book(s) reviewed:
- Memory's Daughter by Alice Major
- Obituary of Light: The Sangan River Meditations by Susan Musgrave
- Too Bad: Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait by Robert Kroetsch
À la source du chant (p. 160 - 161)
by Patricia Godbout
Book(s) reviewed:
- Yellow by Antonio Porta
Géographie littéraire (p. 160)
by Élise Lepage-Blumet
Book(s) reviewed:
- Imaginaire sans frontières: Les lieux de l'écriture, l'écriture des lieux by Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska
Great[er] Expectations (p. 161 - 163)
by Andrea MacPherson
Book(s) reviewed:
- From This Distance by Karen McLaughlin
- The Other Sister by Lola Lemire Tostevin
- The Sea Captain's Wife by Beth Powning
L'illusion bitumineuse (p. 164)
by Alexandre Gauthier
Book(s) reviewed:
- Fort Mac by Marc Prescott
Connecting Freedom (p. 164 - 165)
by Juliane Okot Bitek
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Shadow in the Household: One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom by Bryan Prince
Premières pages (p. 165 - 166)
by Emmanuel Bouchard
Book(s) reviewed:
- L'Émondé by Judy Quinn
- Lests by Jacques Audet
- Qui s'installe? by Hector Ruiz
Tough Being Tough (p. 166 - 167)
by Timothy Dugdale
Book(s) reviewed:
- Dog Eat Rat by Tom Walmsley
- Octopus Intelligence by Timothy Quinn
- The Skeleton Dance by Philip Quinn
Reading List (p. 168 - 169)
by Alison Calder
Book(s) reviewed:
- Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels since 1984 by T. F. Rigelhof
Short Simplicities (p. 169 - 170)
by Kathryn Carter
Book(s) reviewed:
- Fragments of the World: Wednesday Night at the End of the World by Helene Rioux
- Truth and Other Fictions by Eva Tihanyi
- Vanishing and Other Stories by Deborah Willis
Regards sur l'Ontario français (p. 173 - 174)
by Pierre-Yves Mocquais
Book(s) reviewed:
- Cahiers Charlevoix 7: Études franco-ontariennes by Charlevoix Société
Figures of Memories and Cities (p. 173 - 174)
by David C. Waddell
Book(s) reviewed:
- asking questions indoors and out by Anne Compton
- This Way Out by Carmine Starnino
Navigating the Boat of Faith (p. 174 - 176)
by Deborah Bowen
Book(s) reviewed:
- Skin Boat: Acts of Faith and Other Navigations by John Terpstra
Responsible Voices (p. 175 - 176)
by Jannik Eikenaar
Book(s) reviewed:
- Oonagh by Mary Tilberg
Journey Through Language and Fear (p. 176 - 177)
by Tanya Christiansen
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Knife Sharpener's Bell by Rhea Tregebov
Celebrating Barry Callaghan (p. 177 - 178)
by Douglas Ivison
Book(s) reviewed:
- Barry Callaghan: Essays on His Works by Priscila Uppal
Power of Stories (p. 179 - 180)
by Sophie McCall
Book(s) reviewed:
- Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese
- The Moon of Letting Go by Richard Van Camp
Prismatic Reflections (p. 180 - 181)
by Linda Quirk
Book(s) reviewed:
- Carol Shields: Evocations and Echo by Conny Steenman-Marcusse and Aritha van Herk
- Following the Curve of Time: The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet by
On the Way with Wayman (p. 181 - 183)
by Neil Querengesser
Book(s) reviewed:
- A Vain Thing by Tom Wayman
- Boundary Country by Tom Wayman
- Woodstock Rising by Tom Wayman
A Great Achievement (p. 183 - 184)
by Mervyn Nicholson
Book(s) reviewed:
- The Collected Works of Pat Lowther by Christine Wiesenthal
Media, War, and Society (p. 184 - 186)
by Marlene Briggs
Book(s) reviewed:
- Media, Memory, and the First World War by David R. Williams
An Intergenerational Approach to Truth (p. 186 - 187)
by Maria Pentrelli Cotroneo
Book(s) reviewed:
- I Have My Mother's Eyes by Barbara Ruth Bluman
- The Prudent Mariner by Leslie Walker Williams
Painful Transitions (p. 187 - 189)
by Ryan J. Cox
Book(s) reviewed:
- Meniscus by Shane Neilson
- Path of Descent and Devotion by Ilya Tourtidis
- The Fly in Autumn by David Zieroth
- The Last House by Michael Kenyon
It Is All in the Details (p. 207)
by Sharanpal Ruprai
Book(s) reviewed:
- Shopping for Sabzi: Stories by Nitin Deckha
- The Sherpa and Other Fictions by Nila Gupta
Opinions & Notes
Online-only content
- About the issue
- A Walk in Mordecai Richler's Old Neighbourhood with Stan Asher, Nathalie Cooke, Norman Ravvin, and Photographer Owen Egan
- Mordecai Richler: An Annotated Bibliography, by Michael Darling (ECW Press, 1979). Smaller file (~11MB), intended for browsing
- Mordecai Richler: An Annotated Bibliography, by Michael Darling (ECW Press, 1979). Larger file (~186MB), intended for research
- Mordecai Richler Bibliography, by Christine Mervart (2011)
- Interview with Norman Ravvin, by Alissa McArthur, August 4th, 2011. Part 1 of 3
- Interview with Norman Ravvin, by Alissa McArthur, August 4th, 2011. Part 2 of 3
- Interview with Norman Ravvin, by Alissa McArthur, August 4th, 2011. Part 3 of 3
- Interview with Gerald Wexler by Nathalie Cooke and Norman Ravvin
