Canadian Literature's Issue 214 (Autumn 2012) is now available. The issue features articles by Germaine Warkentin, Susan Gingell, Deanna Reder, Allison Hargreaves, Daniel Heath Justice, Kristina Fagan Bidwell, Jo-Ann Episkenew, Andrea King, Joanne Leow, and Ana María Fraile, and new Canadian poetry & book reviews.
I don’t think the gender of the author should be the determining factor in deciding on whether to review a book but I do think it is one factor that ought to be considered when ordering books for possible review. I still make my final decisions by opening the books and reading what is on the page.
—Laura Moss, An Interview with Laura Moss, Reviews Editor, Canadian Literature
Reviewed by Paul Denham
Three books of stories by western Canadian writers indicate the range and energy of the short story in Canada. A lot of movement exists in these stories—though people occasionally move south, north, or even east, most of the time Eastern Canadians move west and Western Canadians move farther west. But west is an ambiguous direction for Canadians, leading sometimes to freedom and hope, sometimes (particularly in Aaron Bushkowsky’s book) to darkness and death. Families figure largel […more…]