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Best Canadian Essays 2023

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Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021.

"Our current, tumultuous age" writes editor Mireille Silcoff, "is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it's good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess." Silcoff's selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity—personal, familial, racial, and cultural—and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, "a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place—indeed is the best place—for a conversation between sides to begin."

Featuring works by:

Jamaluddin Aram • Sharon Butala • Kunal Chaudhary • Christopher Cheung • Emma Gilchrist • Michelle Good • Paul Howe • Jane Hu • Heather Jessup • Chafic LaRochelle • Stephen Marche • Kathy Page • Tom Rachman • M.E. Rogan • Allan Stratton • Sarmishta Subramanian

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Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021.

“Our current, tumultuous age” writes editor Mireille Silcoff, “is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it’s good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess.” Silcoff’s selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity—personal, familial, racial, and cultural—and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, “a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place—indeed is the best place—for a conversation between sides to begin.”

Featuring works by:

Jamaluddin Aram • Sharon Butala • Kunal Chaudhary • Christopher Cheung • Emma Gilchrist • Michelle Good • Paul Howe • Jane Hu • Heather Jessup • Chafic LaRochelle • Stephen Marche • Kathy Page • Tom Rachman • M.E. R ogan • Allan Stratton • Sarmishta Subramanian

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Mireille Silcoff is the founding editor of Guilt & Pleasure Quarterly , a magazine of new Jewish writing and ideas, and is the author of three books about drug and youth culture. She is a lead columnist with Canada's National Post and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine and other publications. She lives in Montreal, and in addition to completing this collection she is working on a memoir about her rare chronic illness.

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“The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.” —Globe and Mail

"Earnest essays offer some serious insight ... some of the essays, as stand-alones, are worth the price of the entire book." —Winnipeg Free Press

“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.” —Chatelaine

“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.” —Quill & Quire

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Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of  Best Canadian Essays  showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021.

“Our current, tumultuous age” writes editor Mireille Silcoff, “is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it’s good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess.” Silcoff’s selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity—personal, familial, racial, and cultural—and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, “a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place—indeed is the best place—for a conversation between sides to begin.”

Featuring works by:

Jamaluddin Aram • Sharon Butala • Kunal Chaudhary • Christopher Cheung • Emma Gilchrist • Michelle Good • Paul Howe • Jane Hu • Heather Jessup • Chafic LaRochelle • Stephen Marche • Kathy Page • Tom Rachman • M.E. Rogan • Allan Stratton • Sarmishta Subramanian

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Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022.

Lyndsie Bourgon • Nicole Boyce • Robert Colman • Daniel Allen Cox • Acadia Currah • Sadiqa de Meijer • Gabrielle Drolet • Hamed Esmaeilion • Kate Gies • David Huebert • Jenny Hwang • Fiona Tinwei Lam • Kyo Maclear • Sandy Pool

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Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of  Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022.

Lyndsie Bourgon • Nicole Boyce • Robert Colman • Daniel Allen Cox • Acadia Currah • Sadiqa de Meijer • Gabrielle Drolet • Hamed Esmaeilion • Kate Gies • David Huebert • Jenny Hwang • Fiona Tinwei Lam • Kyo Maclear • Sandy Pool

Praise for the Best Canadian Series

“The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.” — Globe and Mail

“One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes— Stories , edited by Lisa Moore; Essays , edited by Marcello Di Cintio; and Poetry , edited by Bardia Sinaee—are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year.” —Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star

“A thought-provoking collection of essays that present diverse perspectives and very human experiences that will resonate with readers across the country.” —Christina Barber, Miramichi Reader

“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.” — Chatelaine

“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.” —Quill & Quire

“Each of the authors in Best Canadian Essays 2024 offers a particular style and perspective, but the essays work together to provide a picture of some of the issues Canadians have been facing. Many readers are likely to find something to interest them in this short collection of essays.” —Susan Huebert, Winnipeg Free Press

“ Best Canadian Stories  … combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country.” —Open Book

“Interesting.” —The BC Review

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Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022.

Lyndsie Bourgon • Nicole Boyce • Robert Colman • Daniel Allen Cox • Acadia Currah • Sadiqa de Meijer • Gabrielle Drolet • Hamed Esmaeilion • Kate Gies • David Huebert • Jenny Hwang • Fiona Tinwei Lam • Kyo Maclear • Sandy Pool

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Praise for the Best Canadian Series

“The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.” —Globe and Mail

"One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes— Stories , edited by Lisa Moore; Essays , edited by Marcello Di Cintio; and Poetry , edited by Bardia Sinaee—are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year." —Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star

"A thought-provoking collection of essays that present diverse perspectives and very human experiences that will resonate with readers across the country." —Christina Barber, Miramichi Reader

“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.” —Chatelaine

“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.” —Quill & Quire

"Each of the authors in Best Canadian Essays 2024 offers a particular style and perspective, but the essays work together to provide a picture of some of the issues Canadians have been facing. Many readers are likely to find something to interest them in this short collection of essays." —Susan Huebert, Winnipeg Free Press

“ Best Canadian Stories … combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country.” —Open Book

"Interesting." —The BC Review

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Marcello Di Cintio is the author of four books, including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades which won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the W. O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, and Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense— also a W. O. Mitchell Prize winner. Di Cintio’s magazine writing has appeared in publications such as The International New York Times, The Walrus, Canadian Geographic and Afar . Di Cintio has served as a writer-in-residence at the Calgary Public Library, the University of Calgary, and the Palestine Writing Workshop, and he teaches nonfiction writing at the annual WordsWorth youth writing residency.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Biblioasis (Nov. 14 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1771965649
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1771965644
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 181 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm
• #84 in Canadian Collections & Readers
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• #8,828 in Social Sciences (Books)

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Marcello di cintio.

Marcello Di Cintio is the author of four books including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades which won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. Di Cintio's magazine writing can be found in publications such as The Walrus, Canadian Geographic, The International New York Times, and Afar. His last book, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense, examines life in contemporary Palestine as seen through the lens of literary culture. Di Cintio is a former writer-in-residence with the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program and the Palestine Writing Workshop, and a featured instructor at the Iceland Writers Retreat. He lives in Calgary, Canada.

Di Cintio's new book, Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers, reveals the fascinating backstories of the men and women who drive us around.

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Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of  Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022.

Lyndsie Bourgon • Nicole Boyce • Robert Colman • Daniel Allen Cox • Acadia Currah • Sadiqa de Meijer • Gabrielle Drolet • Hamed Esmaeilion • Kate Gies • David Huebert • Jenny Hwang • Fiona Tinwei Lam • Kyo Maclear • Sandy Pool

• Print length 288 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Biblioasis
• Publication date November 14, 2023
• Dimensions 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
• ISBN-10 1771965649
• ISBN-13 978-1771965644
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Praise for the Best Canadian Series

“The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start.” —Globe and Mail

"One of the best things about the end of the year is having a chance to look back. The three Best Canadian volumes— Stories , edited by Lisa Moore; Essays , edited by Marcello Di Cintio; and Poetry , edited by Bardia Sinaee—are a snapshot of some of the finest in Canadian writing this year." —Robert J. Wiersema, Toronto Star

"A thought-provoking collection of essays that present diverse perspectives and very human experiences that will resonate with readers across the country." —Christina Barber, Miramichi Reader

“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.” —Chatelaine

“The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare.” —Quill & Quire

"Each of the authors in Best Canadian Essays 2024 offers a particular style and perspective, but the essays work together to provide a picture of some of the issues Canadians have been facing. Many readers are likely to find something to interest them in this short collection of essays." —Susan Huebert, Winnipeg Free Press

“ Best Canadian Stories … combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country.” —Open Book

"Interesting." —The BC Review

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Selected by editor Marcello Di Cintio, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2022.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Biblioasis (November 14, 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1771965649
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1771965644
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
• #1,123 in Canadian Literature
• #20,601 in Essays (Books)
• #318,858 in Social Sciences (Books)

About the author

Marcello di cintio.

Marcello Di Cintio is the author of four books including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades which won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. Di Cintio's magazine writing can be found in publications such as The Walrus, Canadian Geographic, The International New York Times, and Afar. His last book, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense, examines life in contemporary Palestine as seen through the lens of literary culture. Di Cintio is a former writer-in-residence with the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program and the Palestine Writing Workshop, and a featured instructor at the Iceland Writers Retreat. He lives in Calgary, Canada.

Di Cintio's new book, Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers, reveals the fascinating backstories of the men and women who drive us around.

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• Reviews Praise for the Best Canadian Series "The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start." --Globe and Mail "Earnest essays offer some serious insight ... some of the essays, as stand-alones, are worth the price of the entire book." --Winnipeg Free Press "A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age." --Chatelaine "The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare." --Quill & Quire "The legacy for Canadian literature in the Best Canadian Stories series can't be overstated. For years the collection has been the place to discover Canadian writers." --Winnipeg Free Press " Best Canadian Stories ... combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country." --Open Book, Praise for the Best Canadian Series "The wide range of writers, forms and themes represented here make it a great jumping-off point for readers who might be interested in Canadian poetry but are unsure about where to start." --Globe and Mail "A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age." --Chatelaine "The arrival, late in the fall each year, of [this] collection is always cause for fanfare." --Quill & Quire "The legacy for Canadian literature in the Best Canadian Stories series can't be overstated. For years the collection has been the place to discover Canadian writers." --Winnipeg Free Press " Best Canadian Stories ... combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country." --Open Book
• Synopsis "Our current, tumultuous age," writes editor Mireille Silcoff, "is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it's good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess." Silcoff's selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity-personal, familial, racial, and cultural-and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, "a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place-indeed is the best place-for a conversation between sides to begin.", Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021. "Our current, tumultuous age" writes editor Mireille Silcoff, "is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it's good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess." Silcoff's selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity--personal, familial, racial, and cultural--and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, "a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place--indeed is the best place--for a conversation between sides to begin." Featuring works by: Jamaluddin Aram * Sharon Butala * Kunal Chaudhary * Christopher Cheung * Emma Gilchrist * Michelle Good * Paul Howe * Jane Hu * Heather Jessup * Chafic LaRochelle * Stephen Marche * Kathy Page * Tom Rachman * M.E. Rogan * Allan Stratton * Sarmishta Subramanian
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Melanie Siebert is the Victoria-based author of  Deepwater Vee  which was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 2010. Her nonfiction book  Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health  won the Lane Anderson Award for best science writing for young readers in Canada and was a finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. 

Chambersonic by Oana Avasilichioaei

Through poetry, essays, scores and an ensemble of sound, Chambersonic is a work that transforms the book into an "acoustic chamber". Every aspect of the process of music-making is explored from the conductor to the orchestra as they rehearse and perform. This collection experiments with techniques both musical and poetic.

Chambersonic  is out now.

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Oana Avasilichioaei is a Montreal poet, performance artist and translator. She has written several poetry collections, including We, Beasts, Limbinal, Operator  and Eight Track  which was  a finalist for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Prize for poetry . She  won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for translation  for the book  Readopolis , originally written in French by Bertrand Laverdure.

The Sky Above by Marty Gervais

The Sky Above is a selection of poems from the perspective of a writer who crafts a story in many forms, be it journalism, photography or poetry. Canadian poet Marty Gervais's book tells everyday stories of being a father, weathering storms and occasionally talking to people like Mother Teresa in a Detroit church basement. 

The Sky Above  is out now.

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Gervais is an Ontario journalist, poet, playwright, historian, photographer and editor. In 2018, he was nominated as the City of Windsor's Poet Laureate Emeritus . He is founder of Black Moss Press, one of Canada's oldest literary publishing firms, and is managing editor of The Windsor Review. 

The Liturgy of Savage No. 82 by Maya Cousineau Mollen, translated by Adam Haiun

As an Innu woman Maya Cousineau-Mollen grew up outside of the Ekuanitshit (Mingan) community she was born in. In her poetry collection The Liturgy of Savage No. 82 , Cousineau-Mollen reflects on connecting with her biological family and culture after being adopted into another family as part of the Sixties Scoop. From childhood and onwards, Cousineau-Mollen's poems bring attention to the complex realities of Indigenous women in Canada and the Indigenous homeless population in Montreal as she draws on her own relationships to identity and systemic racism.

The Liturgy of Savage No. 82  is out now.

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Cousineau-Mollen is an Innu poet based in Quebec. Her poetry collection  Bréviaire du matricule 082  won the Indigenous Voices Award for French Poetry . Cousineau Mollen also served as an executive assistant to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Adam Haiun is a Montreal-based writer and poet. Haiun's work was a finalist for the Malahat Review's Open Season Award for fiction and for the Far Horizons Contest for poetry in 2020.

The Double Feature of the Murdered Woman by Carole David, translated by Donald Winkler

As the poet wanders Rome in a 21st century heat-stricken summer, they are faced with the haunted historical streets of Italy. The poet, an Italian once exiled to America, sits watching the titular film of this poetry collection, The Double Feature of the Murdered Woman , meditating on a story of women and violence.

The Double Feature of the Murdered Woman  is out now.

Carole David received the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 2011 for her collection  Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles ; the same collection was also included on the shortlist for the Governor General's poetry award. In 2020, she was named the recipient of Quebec's Prix Athanase-David for lifetime achievement in literature.

Donald Winkler is a Montreal-based translator. He has won the Governor General's Literary Award for French-to-English translation for  The Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby-Boomers  by François Ricard , Partitia for Glenn Gould  by Georges Leroux and  The Major Verbs  by Pierre Nepveu. Two books translated by him have been shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize:  A Secret Between Us  by Daniel Poliquin in 2007 and  Arvida  by  Samuel Archibald . 

South Side of a Kinless River by Marilyn Dumont

Tackling the way Métis identity has been ignored and suppressed by the nation through poetry, South Side of a Kinless River  is a collection focused on the voice of Marilyn Dumont. Closely looking at history, topics such as land loss, midwifery of Indigenous women and the relationships between Indigenous women and European men, the poems of this collection give voice to Métis women, the violence they are subjected to and the knowledge they hold. 

South Side of a Kinless River  is out now.

Marilyn Dumont is an Edmonton-based poet of Cree Métis descent. Dumont's other works include  Green Girl Dreams Mountains ,  The Pemmican Eaters   and  A Really Good Brown Girl , is about Dumont coming to understand and embrace her Métis heritage.  A Really Good Brown Girl  won the 1997 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. 

Breaking Up with the Cobalt Blues by Lindsay Soberano Wilson

Breaking Up with the Cobalt Blues is a collection of poems about recovery from addiction, trauma and domestic violence centred within Toronto's 90s rave culture. Through vulnerable reflections, the poet describes moving through grief and pain and ultimately growing into lightness. 

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Lindsay Soberano Wilson is a writer, poet and teacher born in Toronto. She is also the author of the poetry collection Hoods of Motherhood .

cop city swagger by Mercedes Eng

In cop city swagger , Mercedes Eng draws on the experiences of racialized and unhoused people in Vancouver, particularly in communities like Chinatown. Through short poems, Eng examines the threat to public safety the Vancouver police posed by assessing cases from 2019 to 2023, highlighting institutional violence and the purpose of community self-preservation.

When you can read it:  Sept. 10, 2024

Eng is a Vancovuer prairie-born poet of Chinese and settler descent. She is also the author of  Mercenary English . Eng is an assistant professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

The Sky is a Sky in the Sky by Stuart Ross

The Sky is a Sky in the Sky is a collection of miscellaneous poems including one-line poems, prose and a remix of poetry by Stuart Ross's friend Nelson Ball. Infused with humour, this collection imagines the poet's many lives and the grief he endures.

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Stuart Ross is an Ontario writer, editor and teacher. He is the author of several books of poetry, fiction and essays including  You Exist ,  Pockets  and  A Sparrow Came Down Resplendent.  He  won the 2023 Trillium Book Award  for his memoir  The Book of Grief and Hamburgers .

Interrobang by Mary Dalton

In this collection of exploratory poems, the poet embodies the meaning of Interrobang , a punctuation mark that combines a question mark and an exclamation. Through riddles and playing with form, the poet writes of community, identity and explores what it means to be a "lost soul."

When you can read it: Sept. 12, 2024

St. John's-based Mary Dalton's poetry collections include  Merrybegot ,  Red Ledger ,  Hooking  and  Edge . Dalton has won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award and been shortlisted for various others, among them the Pat Lowther Award, the Atlantic Poetry Award, and the Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry.

One River: New and Selected Poems by Ricardo Sternberg

Combining the selected poems of four previous collections in addition to new writings, One River is a collection of exploratory poems in both theme and form. A myriad of otherworldly characters are featured throughout, like a grasshopper or a millionaire entering heaven as a camel and a pilot flying by scent.

When you can read it:  Sept. 12, 2024

Ricardo Sternberg is a Toronto-based author and poet. His previous books include  The Invention of Honey ,  Map of Dreams ,  Bamboo Church , and  Some Dance . He is also the author of a book on the Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

The Flesh of Ice by Garry Gottfriedson

Dedicated to survivors of Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) and all residential schools in Canada The Flesh of Ice is a collection of poems and personal narratives of writer Garry Gottfriedson of the Secwépemc (Shuswap) First Nation. Where Gottfriedson's last collection Bent Back Tongue discussed the history of Indigenous people in Canada as affected by the government of Canada and the Catholic Church, this book describes the lived realities of those who attended KIRS, citing their pain, their resilience and their necessary voices.

When you can read it:  Sept. 13, 2024

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Gottfriedson is from Kamloops, B.C. He is strongly rooted in his Secwépemc (Shuswap) cultural teachings. In the late 1980s, Gottfriedson studied under Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Faithfull and others at the Naropa Institute in Colorado. He is the author of 13 books, including  Skin Like Mine  and  Clinging to Bone . Gottfriedson  received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree  from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in 2023. 

Gottfriedson is a juror for the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize .

I Hate Parties by Jes Battis

I Hate Parties is a collection of 50 poems on Jes Battis' experiences of being queer, autistic and nonbinary. Focusing on the feelings of intense anxiety that come with growing up in the nineties in Canada as a marginalized person, Battis writes of adolescence, queer parties and panic attacks through metaphor and honest verse.

When you can read it:  Sept. 14, 2024

Battis is a queer autistic writer and teacher at the University of Regina, splitting their time between the prairies and the west coast. They wrote the Occult Special Investigator series and Parallel Parks series. Battis' first novel,  Night Child , was shortlisted for the Sunburst Award. Their novel  The Winter Knight  was on  the Canada Reads 2024 longlist . 

I Feel That Way Too by jaz papadopoulos

I Feel That Way Too is a reflection on the #MeToo movement and how survivors of sexual assault are further effected by sensationalized trials. Drawing on their own childhood and events like the Jian Ghomeshi trial, the poet turns a critical lens at the sexist structures the media and other social powers uphold. Through these confrontations, this collection of poems meditates on how the bodies of survivors move through these trials and towards healing.

When you can read it: Sept. 14, 2024

jaz papadopoulos is an interdisciplinary writer and educator from B.C. They hold an MFA from the University of British Columbia and are a Lambda Literary Fellow.  I Feel That Way Too  is their debut poetry collection.

First Here and then Far by David Zieroth

Reflecting on over 50 years of writing First Here and then Far is a collection of David Zieroth's particular poetic voice and identity. From his upbringing in the Prairies to worldwide travels to his current existence in North Vancouver, Zieroth writes of the curiosity that accompanies the every day.

When you can read it: Sept. 14, 2024

David Zieroth is a Vancouver writer. His poetry collection  The Fly in Autumn  won the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award and was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry in 2010. Zieroth also won The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award for  How I Joined Humanity at Last.  His other works include  the trick of staying and leaving ,  watching for life ,  the bridge from day to night  and  Zoo and Crowbar.

Post-Mortem of the Event by Klara du Plessis

Post-Mortem of the Event is a collection of poems and "wave form visualization" composed from recordings of the poet's live readings and digital archives. Hinting at an unwritten manuscript, this collection experiments with form and sound, echoing themes of death and inclusion.

When you can read it:  Sept. 15, 2024

Klara du Plessis is a poet, academic and curator living between Montreal and Cape Town. Her other poetry collections include  Ekke  which won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award in 2019 , and  Hell Light Flesh  which was adapted into a mono-opera at the 2023 International Festival of Films on Art. 

Bad Weather Mammals: Poems  by Ashley-Elizabeth Best

The poems in  Bad Weather Mammals  reflect Ashley-Elizabeth Best's own experiences with disability. The poems look back at her childhood, but also her adulthood and even her relationships in her community. The poet explores in a variety of formal constraints both the joys and devastation of living with a disabled body.

When you can read it:  Sept. 17, 2024

Ashley-Elizabeth Best is a disabled poet and essayist from Kingston, Ont. Her debut collection of poetry,  Slow States of Collapse , was published in 2016. Best's chapbook  Alignment  was published in 2021. That same year, Best was also a contributor for  Resistance , a collection of poems curated and edited by Sue Goyette.

Best was on the   longlist for the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize .

Death of Persephone: A Murder  by Yvonne Blomer

The poems in  Death of Persephone  explore the myth of Persephone through the character of Stephanie who lives in a more modern setting than her Greek inspiration. With many displacements to the myth, one question remains: who will survive this altered version of the ancient story?

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Yvonne Blomer is a poet and author. She is the author of the travel memoir  Sugar Ride: Cycling from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur  and the poetry collection  As if a Raven .  She edited the anthologies  Refugium: Poems for the Pacific  and  Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds . Blomer served as Victoria's poet laureate from 2015 to 2018.

Blomer was   longlisted for the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize .

Without Beginning or End by Jacqueline Bourque

Inspired by the scenery of her childhood in New Brunswick, Jacqueline Bourque's posthumous poetry collection meditates on life and death after Bourque received a terminal cancer diagnosis. Without Beginning or End offers a series of connections to family, art, friendship and the human condition through short emotional poems.

Bourque was an Ottawa-based poet. Her poems appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead and the Queen's Quarterly. Her first book  Repointing the Bricks  was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award. She died in 2023.

Total Party Kill by Craig Francis Power

Referring to the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) term, Total Party Kill is a scenario within a game of D&D where all of the characters die together. Mapping the poet's personal story of addiction and sobriety alongside a dark fantasy game of monsters and underworlds, this collection combines poetic verse and short monologues. Told through the poet's own voice and other D&D characters, Total Party Kill parallels the roleplaying game and one's path to healing.

Craig Francis Power is an artist and writer from St. John's. His first novel,  Blood Relatives , won the Percy Janes First Novel Award, the Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, the ReLit Award, and was shortlisted for the BMO Winterset Award. His other books include  The Hope  and  Skeet Love . His visual art has been shown at galleries across Canada. 

Water Quality by Cynthia Woodman Kerkham

Water Quality is a book of lamentations, monologues and haibun: a Japanese form of both prose and haiku. Focusing on water as a central force that covers a swimmer's body, the poet follows the movement and purpose of water across lakes, seas and oceans. From Hong Kong to the Pacific Northwest, the poet questions what water wants and how we can best steward it.

Cynthia Woodman Kerkham is the Victoria-based author of  Good Holding Ground  and with feathers and the co-editor of  Poems from Planet Earth . Woodman Kerkham was  shortlisted for the 2014 CBC Poetry Prize .

Great Silent Ballad by A.F. Moritz

From A.F. Moritz, Great Silent Ballad is a book of seven sections of lyrical poetry ruminating on civilization today and poetry's role within it as a creative medium. The short sections include themes of childhood, how we age and mature and poetry as it relates to feelings of hope, love and freedom.

When you can read it:  Sept. 24, 2024

Moritz is the author of 20 poetry collections, including  The Garden ,  As Far As You Know  and  The Sparrow: Selected Poems .  For over a decade he has been the Goldring Professor of the Arts and Society at Victoria University at the University of Toronto, where he continues to teach creative writing. He served as the sixth poet laureate for the City of Toronto from March 2019 to May 2023. 

He was a three-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry: for  Rest on the Flight into Egypt  in 1999,  The Sentinel  in 2008 and  The New Measures  in 2012.   As Far As You Know   was a finalist for the 2020 Ontario Trillium Award.  The Sentinel  was also the winner of the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize. 

Some Lines of Poetry: From the Notebooks of bpNichol, edited by Derek Beaulieu & Gregory Betts

For what would have been the 80th birthday of Canadian poet bpNichol, Some Lines of Poetry is an offering of 80 pieces of poetry and writing from the late poet's journals. Written in the 1980s, Nichol's notebooks reveal insights to his writing process, on his life and unseen sound and visual poems.

bpNichol, who died in 1988, wrote more than 22 books of poetry and prose and won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1971 and the Three-Day Novel Award in 1982 for  Still.

Derek Beaulieu is the author or editor of more than 25 books of poetry, prose and criticism. He has exhibited his visual work across Canada, the United States and Europe. He is currently the director of literary arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Banff's poet laureate.

Gregory Betts is the author of 10 books of poetry. He is a professor at Brock University and curator of the bpNichol.ca Digital Archive. His most recent book is The Fabulous Op , a collection of poetry co-written with Gary Barwin.

No Signal No Noise by A Jamali Rad  

The first book of poetry in The Self-Inscribing Machine series follows Zero the hero after they find a manuscript and are sent on an epic journey across the Muslim world in Sumeria, India and Baghdad. No Signal No Noise experiments with lyric and narrative, drawing on the philosophical, cultural and historical implications of the Self and the Other through one hero's journey.

When you can read it:  Sept. 25, 2024

A Jamali Rad is a writer from Iran who now lives in Ottawa. They are also the author of the poetry collection  for love and autonomy  and  still . Jamali Rad also co-founded the small poetry publisher House House Press.

Mondegreen Riffs by Angeline Schellenberg

Informed by the poet's Ignatian spirituality, neurodivergence and trauma, Mondegreen Riffs is a collection that explores the senses. Combining prose poetry, sound poems and answers to "odd online inquiries" this book situates the poet as the listener to the wonders of the world around them.

When you can read it:  Sept. 26, 2024

Angeline Schellenberg is the Winnipeg-based author of  Tell Them It Was Mozart , winner of the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry and Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book. Her poetry collection,  Fields of Light and Stone  was  shortlisted for the 2022 Kobzar Book Award . Schellenberg was the recipient of the 2017 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer.

This Report is Strictly Confidential by Elizabeth Ruth

This Report is Strictly Confidential is a poetic memoir of writer Elizabeth Ruth's inner life and family dynamics. Within four sections the poet details the life of her aunt who lived in a government residential hospital and reflects on a father she never met. Through the irony and intimacy of the poet's life, secrets come forward and leave lasting effects.

When you can read it:  Sept. 27, 2024

Elizabeth Ruth is an author, poet and professor living in Toronto. She is also the author of the novels  Semi-Detached ,  Ten Good Seconds of Silence, Smoke  and  Matadora.  This Report Is Strictly Confidential  is her debut poetry collection.

Hard Electric  by Michael Blouin

Michael Blouin's poems in  Hard Electric  are a collection of reflections with a decided slant toward disaster. They are unsettling, not for the faint of heart, but ultimately also life-affirming for the lonely hearted or those who know them well. 

When you can read it:  Sept. 30, 2024

Michael Blouin is a writer from Ontario. Blouin  won the 2020 ReLit Award  for his novel  Skin House . He previously won the ReLit Award in 2009 for his debut novel  Chase and Haven.  Hard Electric  is his third poetry collection.

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Blouin was a finalist for the 2009   CBC Poetry Prize  for his poem  fidelity  which is included in  Hard Electric .

Permission to Settle by Holly Flauto

In a collection of autobiographical poems Permission to Settle highlights the often impersonal and nerve-wracking experiences of immigration processes from applying to moving and then feeling a lack of belonging in your new home. The poet confronts what it means to be a settler in Canada and the colonial structures at work through playful and telling verse.

Originally from the USA, Holly Flauto currently lives in Vancouver. Flauto is a writer and poet who teaches English and Creative Writing at Capilano University. Their writing has previously been published in The ex-Puritan, Joyland and The Rusty Toque.

She Falls Again by Rosanna Deerchild

She Falls Again follows the voice of a poet attempting to survive as an Indigenous person in Winnipeg when so many are disappearing. Riddled with uncertainties, like if the crow she speaks to is a trickster, the poet hears the message of the Sky Woman who is set on dismantling the patriarchy. Through short poems and prose this collection calls for reclamation and matriarchal power.

When you can read it:  Oct. 1, 2024

Rosanna Deerchild has been storytelling for more than 20 years, currently as host of CBC's  Unreserved . Deerchild also developed and hosted  This Place , a podcast series for CBC Books around the Indigenous anthology  This Place: 150 Years Retold . Her book,  calling down the sky , is her mother's residential school survivor story. Deerchild is currently based in Winnipeg.

Conversations with the Kagawong River by sophie anne edwards

After spending years in the environment of Mnidoo Mnising or Manitoulin Island Conversations with the Kagawong River invites the elements of the ecosystem to speak through poetry. sophie anne edwards immersed herself in the land, specifically listening to ​​Gaagigewang Ziibi (Kagawong River) and the rhythms of the water, the flora and the fauna. In collaboration with local Elders and historians, this collection reflects on the natural world and the settler's relationship to it.

edwards lives on Manitoulin Island in Northeastern Ontario. Her writing has been  supported by the Canada Council for the Arts . edwards holds a Certificate in Creative Writing from Humber College.

Like a Trophy from the Sun by Jason Heroux

Through moments of joy, nostalgia and surrealism Like a Trophy from the Sun is a collection of prose poems. The poet weaves in the dream world with reality, describing ghost towns and broken sunsets – a book filled with nostalgic humour and poetic fragments.

Jason Heroux was the Poet Laureate for the City of Kingston from 2019 to 2022. He is the author of four books of poetry:  Memoirs of an Alias ,  Emergency Hallelujah,   Natural Capital  and  Hard Work Cheering Up Sad Machines.

Toxemia by Christine McNair

In this hybrid collection of poems, essays and photographs Christine McNair describes the complexities of living with preeclampsia diagnoses and chronic illness. Toxemia works through the toxicities of the body, physical, mental and societal – ultimately revealing how illness permeates every aspect of one's life from endless appointments, sleepless nights and constant fear of death.

McNair is the Ottawa-based author of  Charm , which won the 2018 Archibald Lampman Award, and  Conflict  that was a finalist for the City of Ottawa Book Award, the Archibald Lampman Award, and the ReLit Award for Poetry. McNair was also nominated for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry.

Baby Cerberus by Natasha Ramoutar

Baby Cerberus  is a collection of poems switching between classical myth, imagined futures and video games. Exploring fantasy adventures and live realities, the poet invites the reader to consider care and connection in our everyday lives.

Natasha Ramoutar is a writer of Indo-Guyanese descent from Toronto. Her debut collection of poetry,  Bittersweet  was  shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award . She is a senior editor with Augur Magazine and serves on the editorial board at Wolsak & Wynn.

echolalia echolalia by Jane Shi

In  echolalia echolalia  a collection of poems focus on the body politic and the experiences of being queer, disabled and in the diaspora. Reflecting on her own identities, author Jane Shi writes about chosen family and resisting colonial projects and ideologies that seek to dehumanize. 

Jane Shi is a writer and poet based in B.C. Her writing has appeared in the Disability Visibility Blog and  Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry.  Shi graduated from the Writer's Studio Online program at Simon Fraser University and StoryStudio Chicago. She is the winner of The Capilano Review's 2022 In(ter)ventions in the Archive Contest.

10:10 by Michael Trussler

In 10:10 , the poet juxtaposes the lush beauty of the natural world with the violence and evil realities of the human world today. As a birdwatcher, the poet describes the wonders of animal life through short poems and fragments – questioning why and how such destruction can exist in society alongside such beauty.

Michael Trussler's previous works include the  short fiction collection  Encounters  and the poetry collection  Accidental Animals . His book  The History Forest  won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry. Trussler's memoir  The Sunday Book  won the Saskatchewan Book Award in both the Non-Fiction. He is a professor of English at the University of Regina. 

Island by Douglas Walbourne-Gough

Following the controversy surrounding the Qalipu First Nation enrolment process, Island speaks to the subjective ways Newfoundland Mi'kmaq cultivate their identities in the wake of colonialism. In fragments, the poet describes the memories, lineages and spiritual ways of reckoning with one's Indigenous identities that go beyond a status card. Memories like resting in nan's sealskin snowsuit or learning the language all contribute to the on-going work of Indigenous people to reclaim the identities and cultures that were once taken from them.

Douglas Walbourne-Gough is a poet and mixed/adopted Mi'kmaq from Newfoundland. His debut collection  Crow Gulch  won the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award and was a finalist for NL Reads, the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Raymond Souster Award.

Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023  by Margaret Atwood

Selections from over six decades of legacy of writing, Paper Boat  is a volume of Margaret Atwood's quintessential poems from 1961 to 2023. Centring the joys and fears of the poet through mythic and mundane figures alike, this collection remarks on the strangeness of being alive in our complex world.

When you can read it:  Oct. 8, 2024

Atwood is a celebrated writer who has published fiction, nonfiction, poetry and comics. She began her writing career with poetry, publishing  The Circle Game  and winning the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in the late 1960s. She's since published more than a dozen poetry collections, including  The Journals of Susanna Moodie  in 1970,  Power Politics   in 1971 and  Dearly   in 2020.

She has won several awards for her work including the Governor General's Literary Award, the  Scotiabank Giller Prize  and the Man Booker Prize. Atwood is also a founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Writers' Trust of Canada. She was named a companion to the Order of Canada in 1981. In 2024, she was the  recipient of the Writer in the World Prize  for her impact on literature, art and culture.

The Middle by Stephen Collis

A collection of poems that disperse words like plants blown and scattered in fields, The Middle is the second book in a trilogy, beginning with A History of the Theories of Rain . The poet confronts the realities of our climate and the displacement that comes with present and on-going disasters like wildfires. Through the concept of "poetic commons" this book meditates on the connections between humans and their environment.

When you can read it:  Oct. 15, 2024

Stephen Collis is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including  The Commons ,  On the Material ,  Once in Blockadia  and  Almost Islands: Phyllis Webb and the Pursuit of the Unwritten . In 2019,  he was awarded the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize, which honours a poet for their body of work . He lives near Vancouver and teaches poetry and poetics at Simon Fraser University.

Walking & Stealing by Stephen Cain

Walking and Stealing is a threefold collection of poems about baseball, Toronto and immersing oneself in deep thoughts. The first section of the book was written in the moments between innings of Stephen Cain's son's little league games. This is followed by two sections: "Intentional walks", or 99 poems walking through Toronto, and "Tag & Run", nine cantos that form a poetic puzzle. In this experimental collection, Cain reflects on culture and space.

When you can read it:  Oct. 22, 2024

Stephen Cain   is a Toronto-based author of six full-length collections of poetry and a dozen chapbooks, including  False Friends ,  I Can Say Interpellation ,  Torontology , and  dyslexicon . He also published a critical edition of bpNichol's early long poems:  bp: beginnings . Cain teaches avant-garde and Canadian literature at York University.

Inside Every Dream a Raging Sea by Liz Worth

Drawing on Liz Worth's experience reading tarot, Inside Every Dream a Raging Sea connects the ritual with the individual. A collection of personal stories of the occult, the poet focuses on our perceptions of self and how to stay connected and open to our lives as we change and grow.

Liz Worth   is a Hamilton, Ont.-based poet, novelist and nonfiction writer. She is a two-time nominee for the  ReLit Award for Poetry  for her books  The Truth is Told Better This Way  and  No Work Finished Here: Rewriting Andy Warhol . Her other works also include  Treat Me Like Dirt , an in-depth history of southern Ontario's first wave punk movement,  Amphetamine Heart ,  PostApoc  and  The Mouth is a Coven .

Ox Lost, Snow Deep by Alice Burdick

Ox Lost, Snow Deep includes 14 long poems: part narrative, part surrealism. This collection speaks to the experiences of living in poverty and somewhat in rural communities. Drawing on themes of loss, humour, embarrassment and popular culture, the poet reflects on the public and the personal aspects of life.

When you can read it:  Oct. 30, 2024

Alice Burdick is the Nova Scotia author of five books of poetry. Her poems and essays have appeared in multiple anthologies. 

In a Tension of Leaves and Binding by Renée M. Sgroi

Speaking through both the poet and the voices of a garden, In a Tension of Leaves and Binding is a collection of nature poems and conversations. Concluding with an essay on the author's process of exploring this garden, this book imagines the characters of the plants and animals as realized voices exploring language and grief.

When you can read it: Nov. 1, 2024

Renée M. Sgroi holds a PhD in Education from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in Creativity and Change Leadership from SUNY Buffalo State, and works as a post-secondary educator. She was a runner up in the U.K.'s 2020 erbacce poetry prize and her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Sgroi is also a contributing editor to Arc Poetry Magazine.

Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock by Jaspreet Singh

Through dreamscapes and perceptions of our world today,  Dream of the Epoch & the Rock   is a collection of meditative and urgent poems. Centred on themes of climate, decolonization and language, this book intermingles personal histories and the abstract dreams of ancient gods and ancestors. 

When you can read it: Nov. 15, 2024

Jaspreet Singh is the author of the poetry collections  November  and  How to Hold a Pebble ,  the novels  Helium, Chef  and  Face ,  the story collection  Seventeen Tomatoes,  and the memoir  My Mother, My Translator . He lives in Calgary.

The Loom by Andy Weaver

The Loom is a collection of lyric poems about the author's experiences after becoming a father of two young boys at age 42. Andy Weaver's life now is filled with restlessness, noise and stickiness with two small children and so this book reflects on his unique journey to parenthood with humour and hard truths.

Andy Weaver's poetry collections include  Were the Bees ,  Gangson  and  This . Weaver is an associate professor of creative writing, contemporary poetry, and poetics at York University in Toronto.

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Best Canadian Essays 2023

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Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021.

"Our current, tumultuous age" writes editor Mireille Silcoff, "is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it's good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess." Silcoff's selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity—personal, familial, racial, and cultural—and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of war; in mediations on illness and health, belonging and alienation, parents and children; in unexpected arguments about novel-writing, Donald Trump, and the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, the essays gathered here chart all kinds of boundaries, comprising, as Silcoff terms it, "a small bid for understanding that a border, a line drawn, need not be only the beginning or the end of something. That a frontier can be a place—indeed is the best place—for a conversation between sides to begin."

Featuring works by:

Jamaluddin Aram • Sharon Butala • Kunal Chaudhary • Christopher Cheung • Emma Gilchrist • Michelle Good • Paul Howe • Jane Hu • Heather Jessup • Chafic LaRochelle • Stephen Marche • Kathy Page • Tom Rachman • M.E. Rogan • Allan Stratton • Sarmishta Subramanian

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• Release date: December 1, 2022
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Literary Criticism Nonfiction

Publisher: Biblioasis

OverDrive Read ISBN: 9781771965040 Release date: December 1, 2022

EPUB ebook ISBN: 9781771965040 File size: 395 KB Release date: December 1, 2022

• Mireille Silcoff - Editor
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