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230-231 Indigenous Literature and the Arts of Community
(Autumn/Winter)

Featured Poem

In the Laurentians
By Hendrik Slegtenhorst
1 Axiom Afternoon in the early stages of decay: Another room forming a temporary retreat From the lake, the light still full, the disorientation Complete—delusion...
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New Issue: Indigenous Literatures and the Arts of Community #230-231 (Autumn/Winter 2016)

Issue 230/231, Indigenous Literatures and the Arts of the Community, is now available!

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Littératures autochtones et traduction

Un nouveau souffle vient agrémenter les corpus anglophones et francophones de la littérature autochtone.

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Disappearing Moon Cafe: A Virtual Field Trip

Join us on a virtual tour to see Chinatown from the eyes of SKY Lee's Disappearing Moon Café!

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Special Promotion: Canadian Literature issues 230/231, 228/229, and 227—now with goodies!

We are excited to announce a special promotion for Canadian Literature’s upcoming issue #230/231!

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W. E. Mason - Dogs of all Nations, 1923

Canada Reads 2017 Winner

Congratulations to André Alexis, winner of Canada Reads 2017!

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Second Edition Launch for the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles

Loonie and toque are familiar Canadianisms, but have you heard of aegrotat, tillicum, or bunny hug?

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September 14, 2017
New Issue: Indigenous Literatures and the Arts of Community #230-231 (Autumn/Winter 2016)
September 12, 2017
Littératures autochtones et traduction
September 7, 2017
Margery Fee, Lucie Hotte, and Lorraine York named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
May 30, 2017
Disappearing Moon Cafe: A Virtual Field Trip
May 16, 2017
Special Promotion: Canadian Literature issues 230/231, 228/229, and 227—now with goodies!
May 2, 2017
Canada Reads 2017 Winner
April 25, 2017
Second Edition Launch for the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
March 21, 2017
New Issue: Emerging Scholars 2 #228-229 (Spring/Summer 2016)
March 2, 2017
Call for Papers for a Special Issue on “The Concept of Vancouver”
January 31, 2017
“Decolonizing Conversations”: Margery Fee’s McLean Lectures

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September 12, 2017
Littératures autochtones et traduction
November 17, 2016
Kwahiatonhk! Salon du livre des Premières Nations, Wendake, QC
May 11, 2016
Compte-rendu d’événement : journée d’études “La Claque. Violence et résilience en littérature québécoise contemporaine”
May 11, 2016
Appel à communication : Le défi de la fragilité. Exiguïté, distance et fantasmes identitaires dans l’œuvre critique de François Paré.
November 18, 2015
Appel à communications: Résistance et résilience dans l’écriture littéraire francophone migrante au Canada
November 18, 2015
Jack Kerouac, écrivain canadien-français ?
November 1, 2015
Appel à contributions: La critique canado-asiatique au-delà du prisme national

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September 11, 2017
(Up)rooting Generations
September 8, 2017
A Father Remembered
September 1, 2017
Life as a Feminist Academic
September 1, 2017
Fieldnotes: First Volumes
August 30, 2017
Hath Not a Jew
August 28, 2017
Retrospective Recursion
August 24, 2017
Two Modernisms, Plural Solitudes
August 18, 2017
Realism as Escape
August 16, 2017
The House Is on Fire
August 14, 2017
Page in the Darkness

Canadian Literature

Featured Book Review

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  • De Kooning malgré lui by Michaël La Chance
Reviewed by Molleen Shilliday
Dans son premier roman, la biographie fictive De Kooning malgré lui, Michaël La Chance enchante le lecteur par ses méandres philosophiques qui ponctuent la vie du peintre Willem De Kooning et de son assistant Luke Roussel. Ayant survécu à peine à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, De Kooning, amnésique, reste figé...
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