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{"id":6854266847291,"title":"Laughing with the Trickster","handle":"laughing-with-the-trickster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrilliant, jubilant insights into the glory and anguish of life from one of the world’s most treasured Indigenous creators. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTrickster is zany, ridiculous. The ultimate, over-the-top, madcap lunatic. Here to remind us that the reason for existence is to have one blast of a time and to laugh ourselves to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated author and playwright Tomson Highway brings his signature irreverence to an exploration of five themes central to the human condition: language, creation, sex and gender, humour, and death. A comparative analysis of Christian, classical, and Cree mythologies reveals their contributions to Western thought, life, and culture—and how North American Indigenous mythologies provide unique, timeless solutions to our modern problems. 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{"id":6982222643259,"title":"Our Voice of Fire","handle":"our-voice-of-fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French\/Cree\/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBrandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence. From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an internationally acclaimed journalist, \u003cem\u003eOur Voice of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Morin’s journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. 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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487002268","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487005771","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487007645","BASICMainSubject":"BIO025000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026 AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Editors, Journalists, Publishers","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRANDI MORIN\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning Cree\/Iroquois\/French multimedia journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. Among her many awards over a decade of reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America, she won two National Native American Journalism awards in 2022 for her work in Al Jazeera English. She also received a top prize in the Feature Reporting category of the Edward Murrow awards. 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Brandi’s debut memoir, Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising, was an instant national bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Morin, Brandi (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eA wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French\/Cree\/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBrandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence. 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Her raw, honest, and beautifully written story of her experiences, trauma, reliance, and perseverance is a must-read for all.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive director, IllumiNative","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eOur Voice Of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is a searingly honest, thought-provoking, and ultimately empowering exploration of pain and the quest for justice. By sharing her stories with the world, Brandi Morin makes a beautiful proclamation that there can be a hopeful path through trauma without diminishing the significance of the trauma itself, both personal and intergenerational. These are stories that need to be told and stories that need to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Dan Levy","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin is a remarkable writer and a true original, her unique and clarion voice ringing out in the crowded field of contemporary journalism. This memoir is indeed written in fire: it can warm and it can scorch. And it casts a circle of light in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable memoir from one of the most informative voices in contemporary journalism. Brandi Morin’s life story is one of dedication and triumph in spite of the many traumas inflicted upon Indigenous women by the settler colonial state. Through it all, her truth and hope persevere. This book will influence and inspire communities everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin is a writer at the height of her powers, fighting to reclaim Canadian history for those whose memory has been crushed under the weight of it. Equal parts devastating and beautiful, \u003cem \u003eOur Voice of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Canada in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Christopher Curtis, journalist and co-founder of The Rover","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout her remarkable career as a journalist, Brandi Morin has told the often-ignored stories of others — particularly of Indigenous women and girls — with respect, dignity, and fearless authenticity. In this book, she does the same with her own.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Jacqueline O'Neill, Canada's Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin is a fighter, a survivor, a champion, and her weapon of choice is her words. Only God\/Creator knows where her fight for justice will take her next, but the way I see it, this is just the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Jolene Banning, journalist and producer","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA timely and important subject; more than ever before, Canadians are engaging in conversations about ending violence against Indigenous Peoples.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBoth heartbreaking and hopeful, Morin's story details tremendous pain but the book is ultimately about healing.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Talaga, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eMorin is a popular journalist with a growing platform.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eFor anyone who wants to be engrossed in a compelling memoir but also for those who want to learn more about MMIW.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eHer powerful and necessary work is required reading for all readers seeking to better know the realities and buried truths of the Indigenous experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Booklist (starred review)","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eMorin writes honestly and compassionately … Her narrative provides an important window into an experience that needs far more mainstream attention.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Liber Review","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Morin's storytelling is accessible, powerful, and clear. ... 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Our Voice of Fire
A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.
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{"id":6983195394107,"title":"This Is How We Love","handle":"this-is-how-we-love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003cem\u003eFebruary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaught\u003c\/em\u003e comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What makes a family? How does it shape us? And can we ever really choose who we love?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs the snowstorm of the century rages, twenty-one-year-old Xavier is beaten and stabbed in a vicious attack. His mother, Jules, must fight her way through the shuttered streets of St. John’s to reach the hospital where Xavier lies unconscious. 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This Is How We Love
From the celebrated author of February, an exhilarating new novel that asks: What makes a family? How does it shape us? And can we ever really choose who we love?
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His stories — original, intelligent and finely nuanced — present characters who, although vastly different, are united in a uniquely Palestinian form of loneliness, one that stems from feeling out of place in a world that sees them as a nuisance.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The National News","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eEach story in Teebi’s collection crackles with wit, intensity and elegance … A probing and absolutely unforgettable book. \u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003eA deeply moving collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Shelf Awareness","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eHer First Palestinian\u003c\/em\u003e is a layered, fully imagined work of fiction: probing, sure of itself, astounded by life’s cruelties and surprising joys and by its ironies large and small.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eWith intriguing plot-lines, nuanced characters and stunning prose … \u003cem\u003eHer First Palestinian \u003c\/em\u003eis an invitation to read the room and engage critically as conversations about Palestine, familial and romantic relationships, and moral conflicts permeate the walls.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Maisonneuve","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003eCutting against this grain, Teebi’s storytelling brings to life the unique experiences of Palestinians, powerfully highlighting their humanity, personhood and agency, as well as their colonial dispossession. … \u003cem \u003eHer First Palestinian\u003c\/em\u003e offers a richer understanding of the world through Palestinian eyes and inspires a greater appreciation of the diverse people who now reside in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Montreal Serai","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eElegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Nominated","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"07","PrizeName_0":"Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize","PrizeName_1":"Forest of Reading Evergreen Award","PrizeYear_0":"2022","PrizeYear_1":"2023","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-08-02","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eElegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Her First Palestinian
Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.
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Although the book is set in Paris, Chisholm demonstrates how his stories of struggle have universal appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eA Waiter in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating read which plunges you into the manic and hidden world of Parisian restaurants; it’s vivid, immersive and unforgettable, and also demonstrates that the extreme distance between the rich and the poor has never gone away.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Shiny New Books","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003eA no-holds-barred memoir … [Chisholm] deftly uses the Parisian restaurant as a microcosm for France as a whole, with immigrants, people of color and blue-collar workers at the bottom of the food chain. \u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Smithsonian Magazine","OtherText_Review_12":"\u003cp\u003eChisholm’s fortitude in the face of hot-headed, violent chefs and infernal fourteen-hour days without breaks in pursuit of his goal is admirable, and makes for compelling reading. An entertaining and enlightening memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Times Literary Supplement","OtherText_Review_13":"\u003cp\u003eThis tough little book documents the experience of being a foreign worker, lost in the understrata of the often exploitative industry from which we benefit. It seems glib to compare it to Orwell when it's more universal, or Bourdain when it doesn't glorify the mess. 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Chisholm’s account of the fight for survival rings more wholly true.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Daily Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eThe beauty of Paris is stripped, yet miraculously upheld, as I descended into Chisholm’s engrossing account of a Paris I’d never imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eThis is not your travel agent’s Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003eWe are always hungry for stories from behind the ever-swinging door that separates the calm of a restaurant from the hot temperatures and hot tempers of the kitchen. Edward Chisholm’s brilliant memoir shows us the behind-the-scenes chaos, but also lets us tour nocturnal Paris and the strange characters he meets. This is a fascinating book, full of anecdotes that would sound far-fetched in a work of fiction, but that are all absolutely true.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Woman \u0026amp; Home","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003eChisholm brings the restaurant world to life as he relates the stress, pressure, and anxiety felt by all the workers. The long hours, the competition among the waiters, the petty grudges, and the poor treatment by supervisors are all exposed. Most poignant are his coworkers’ stories: they share their hopes and dreams with him.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Library Journal","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eYou’re invited to go on a wild journey into the dark side of Paris . . . a world of refugees, exiles, dreamers, sadistic and abusive managers, long hours, and, strangely enough, malnutrition . . . If you’ve ever carried plates in a restaurant, you will love it, and if you’ve ever eaten in a restaurant, especially a Parisian one, you need to read this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Radio New Zealand","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003eIn what could be the \u003cem\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e for Generation Z, this memoir chronicles the underbelly of one of the (if not THE) food capitals of the world, as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living. Certainly, one dreams of cooking, let alone eating, in Paris. 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A Waiter in Paris
A brilliant portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light.
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Narinjah (The Bitter Orange Tree)
From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize comes an extraordinary story of one young Omani woman building a life for herself in Britain.
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And it is informed always by a sprawling curiosity and deep humanity, which make it an affirming, and deeply moving read.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eKrasnostein walks a very careful line between religion and belief, with forays into both the divine and devastation. The way in which the writer brings out the humanity of … various believers is lyrical and full of images that allow the reader a glimpse into the hearts and minds of people with a passion for what they believe, even in the face of opposition from friends, family, society as a whole and, of course, factual reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003eWhat’s most intriguing in this book [is] Krasnostein herself as the writer, grappling throughout with skepticism, curiosity, personal biases and even embarrassment …\u003cem \u003e \u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem \u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e] is a fascinating depiction of one individual disbeliever’s encounter with the irrational: a portrait of the author’s expanding capacity for embracing the reality of inexplicable experiences in life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Broadview","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Broadview","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare’s \u003cem \u003eHamlet \u003c\/em\u003efamously reminded us that there are more things in heaven and Earth than have ever been dreamt of within our philosophy. Krasnostein offers her own elegant version of this when she writes that ‘there is much more in the world than wind and wave.'\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eA sympathetic inquiry into the vicissitudes of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eThe author has the rare combination of skills that allows her to not only build enough trust and rapport with her interview subjects that they will reveal intimate details about their lives, but to also distil a person down to their essence and put that on the page in a way that is simultaneously informative, sensitive and enthralling . . . The true strength of \u003cem\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/em\u003eis in each compellingly rendered story . . . Readers who liked \u003cem\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner\u003c\/em\u003e or Ramona Koval’s \u003cem\u003eA Letter To Layla\u003c\/em\u003e will find much to appreciate in \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Books+Publishing","OtherText_Review_4":"This book has got me thinking far more than most. Sarah Krasnostein tells the stories of people who live in mindsets unfamiliar to her with compassion and respect … Krasnostein’s art is that she never places herself on the throne of judgment … The result is both beautiful and unpredictable. Krasnostein is neither naïve nor cynical. She is an existential adventurer.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Sydney Morning Herald","OtherText_Review_5":"Transcendent, expansive writing that does the thing that many writers strive for but only few achieve: to show us humanity in clear and compassionate detail, to deepen our understanding of it and to reveal the mysterious and myriad ways in which we are all connected. It is nothing short of astounding!","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"WellRead","OtherText_Review_6":"Krasnostein writes beautifully, and emerges as a thoughtful and compassionate observer … The Believer is, in many ways, my favourite kind of book: one that requires a little extra attention and engagement, calling on the reader as an active participant in its project of making meaning … The result is a meditative and intensely rewarding reading experience, the impact of which lingers long after the final page.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"West Australian","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Krasnostein, who blew us all away with her fantastic book The Trauma Cleaner, brings her inquisitive nature and empathetic way with people to her new book \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e … By seeking such disparate subjects, Krasnostein has woven the threads of their stories, and their very different belief systems, into a tapestry that is rich with life, love, and stories. I expect this will be running off the shelves, and deservedly so.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Readings","OtherText_Review_8":"[Sarah Krasnostein] listens and records and keeps going back for more until she has built up a picture, complete with all the subtleties that human emotion, faith, and intellect offer …There is no judgement here, just the healthy scepticism of an inquiring mind willing to listen, even when the encounters make her uncomfortable or challenge her own theories and convictions.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Herald Sun","OtherText_Review_9":"A fascinating journey, with an erudite, compulsively reflective companion.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"InDaily","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-03-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.","Subtitle":"Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and Our Place in the Middle","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Believer
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.
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Let the World Have You
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award finalist Mikko Harvey’s second collection takes readers into a kaleidoscopic world that is and is not the world we know.
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Saha
The much-anticipated follow-up to the multi-million-copy selling South Korean sensation Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982.
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{"id":6660407492667,"title":"No Stars in the Sky","handle":"no-stars-in-the-sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Profoundly moving and beautifully written . . . each story is its own universe that transports the reader through the characters’ joy and pain.” — Amy Stuart \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e feature strong but damaged female characters in crisis. Tormented by personal conflicts and oppressive regimes that treat the female body like a trophy of war, the women in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e face life-altering circumstances that either shatter or make them stronger, albeit at a very high price. True to her Latin American roots, Bátiz shines a light on the crises that concern her most: the plight of migrant children along the Mexico–U.S. border, the tragedy of the disappeared in Mexico and Argentina, and the generalized racial and domestic violence that has turned life into a constant struggle for survival. With an unflinching hand, Bátiz explores the breadth of the human condition to expose silent tragedies too often ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-27T09:39:21-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-21T10:09:18-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult New Releases","Adult Short Stories","Astoria","By (author) Bátiz Martha","Feminist Reads","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2022-05-03"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39645093101627,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010027","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"No Stars in the Sky - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":274,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010027","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39645094477883,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010034","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"No Stars in the Sky - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010034","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243508518971,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.786,"height":2100,"width":1650,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473"},"aspect_ratio":0.786,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_85346c91-6140-45a6-9153-cb6a9c6429e8.jpg?v=1655628473","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Profoundly moving and beautifully written . . . each story is its own universe that transports the reader through the characters’ joy and pain.” — Amy Stuart \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e feature strong but damaged female characters in crisis. Tormented by personal conflicts and oppressive regimes that treat the female body like a trophy of war, the women in \u003cem\u003eNo Stars in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e face life-altering circumstances that either shatter or make them stronger, albeit at a very high price. True to her Latin American roots, Bátiz shines a light on the crises that concern her most: the plight of migrant children along the Mexico–U.S. border, the tragedy of the disappeared in Mexico and Argentina, and the generalized racial and domestic violence that has turned life into a constant struggle for survival. With an unflinching hand, Bátiz explores the breadth of the human condition to expose silent tragedies too often ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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No Stars in the Sky
A new collection of hard-hitting and intimate stories by award-winning Mexican Canadian author Martha Bátiz.
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{"id":6660407296059,"title":"The Last Good Funeral of the Year","handle":"the-last-good-funeral-of-the-year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Ed O’Loughlin, author of Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist \u003cem\u003eMinds of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, a pensive and poignant recollection of love, loss, marriage, and the life events that have shaped his identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoon, the lockdown would start. People would die alone, without any proper ceremony. Charlotte’s death would be washed away, the first drop in a downpour. Nobody knew it then, but hers would be the last good funeral of the year. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt was February 2020 when Ed O’Loughlin unexpectedly heard that Charlotte, a friend from the old days, had just died young and before her time. 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The Last Good Funeral of the Year
A pensive and poignant recollection of love, loss, marriage, mental health and the life events that have shaped the author's identity.
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{"id":6660407132219,"title":"Fugue With Bedbug","handle":"fugue-with-bedbug","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe eagerly awaited second collection from acclaimed poet Anne-Marie Turza.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBe startled by metaphysical snails and the ghosts of footnotes in the dark. \u003cem\u003eFugue With Bedbug\u003c\/em\u003e is part musical reference, part portraiture, a series of uncanny poems attending to time and mortality, an eccentric essay, and a musical score. Using the fugue form as a foil and a quiet compositional strategy, poet Anne-Marie Turza argues that the mission: “in afterthought, was Jell-O, a salad of delicate intent and shimmy . . .”\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-27T09:39:17-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-21T10:09:12-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult New Releases","Adult Poetry","By (author) Turza Anne-Marie","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2022-04-05"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39645092741179,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010720","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fugue With Bedbug - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010720","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39645093789755,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010737","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fugue With Bedbug - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010737","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/Images.jpg?v=1643813604"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/Images.jpg?v=1643813604","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21417753641019,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.676,"height":2663,"width":1800,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/Images.jpg?v=1643813604"},"aspect_ratio":0.676,"height":2663,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/Images.jpg?v=1643813604","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe eagerly awaited second collection from acclaimed poet Anne-Marie Turza.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBe startled by metaphysical snails and the ghosts of footnotes in the dark. \u003cem\u003eFugue With Bedbug\u003c\/em\u003e is part musical reference, part portraiture, a series of uncanny poems attending to time and mortality, an eccentric essay, and a musical score. Using the fugue form as a foil and a quiet compositional strategy, poet Anne-Marie Turza argues that the mission: “in afterthought, was Jell-O, a salad of delicate intent and shimmy . . .”\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Fugue With Bedbug
The eagerly awaited second collection from acclaimed poet Anne-Marie Turza.
