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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Torontos third Poet Laureate in September 2009. Brand is Caribbean born. Dionne Brand was born in Guayaguayare, a small fishing village in Trinidad and Tobago. Immigrating to Canada in 1970, when she was 17 years old, Brand attended the University of Toronto where she earned a BA in 1975. Brand also holds a MA (1989) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - OISE. Currently Brand teaches at the University of Guelph. Brand frequently explores themes of gender, race, sexuality and feminism in her writing. In Bread Out of Stone, Brand uses personal experiences and strong metaphoric language to expose racism, white male domination, injustices and the moral hypocrisies of Canada with its own assessment as being "not like the United States" As a show of support of women solidarity, Brand has participated in many anthologies and writing opposing the violent killings of Black men and women and specifically pointing out the massacre of fourteen women in Montreal and the racism and inequality experienced by Aboriginal women of Canada, particularly Helen Betty Osbornes death in the Pas. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Di Brandt. Many scholars have analyzed Dionne Brand's work. In his book Black Like Who?, Rinaldo Walcott includes two essays (A Tough Geography": Towards a Poetics of Black Space(s) in Canada and "No Language is Neutral": The Politics of Performativity in M. Nourbese Philip's and Dionne Brand's Poetry) that deal with Dionne Brand's poetry and take up the overarching themes of her work. Brand herself had previously used a line from Derek Walcott to title her collection, No Langua... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=251683 ... Read more

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The selections in Fierce Departures, drawn from Dionne Brand’s work since 1997, delineate with searing eloquence how history marks and dislocates peoples of the African diaspora, how nations, concretely and conceptually, fail to create safe haven, and how human desire persists nevertheless. Through a widening canvas, Brand unfolds the (im)possibilities of belonging for those whom history has dispossessed. Yet she also shows how Canada, and in particular Toronto, remade by those who alight on it, is a place of contingency. Known for her linguistic intensity and lyric brilliance, Brand consoles through the beauty of her work and disturbs with its uncompromising demand for ethical witness.

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Chapters: Michel Tremblay, Timothy Findley, Bill Bissett, Geoff Ryman, David Rakoff, Dionne Brand, Douglas Coupland, Rinaldo Walcott, Irshad Manji, Mazo de La Roche, Robert Lepage, Alberto Manguel, Thom Fitzgerald, Daphne Marlatt, Tanya Huff, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Rita Wong, Daryl Hine, Enza Anderson, Jane Rule, Brad Fraser, Nalo Hopkinson, Orville Lloyd Douglas, Nina Arsenault, Mary Maclane, Bert Archer, Sky Gilbert, Tyler Brûlé, Sean Horlor, Robin Blaser, Daniel Macivor, Daniel Allen Cox, Marie-Claire Blais, Douglas Wilson, Stan Persky, Pierre Vallières, Douglas Lepan, Pierre Bourgault, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Tomson Highway, Richard Burnett, Ian Iqbal Rashid, Meryn Cadell, Nicole Brossard, Bill Richardson, Paul Bellini, Sandra Alland, Jeffrey Round, Bruce Labruce, Kaj Hasselriis, Erin Mouré, Sinclair Ross, Ann-Marie Macdonald, Alexander Wilson, Sky Lee, Xavier Dolan, Roland Michel Tremblay, Chandra Mayor, Karen X. Tulchinsky, Betsy Warland, Joey Comeau, Michael Maclennan, Mark Kenneth Woods, Anne Fleming, D'bi Young, Derek Mccormack, R. M. Vaughan, Carol Philipps, Mary Meigs, Trey Anthony, Shyam Selvadurai, Elliott Hayes, Evan Adams, Charles Montgomery, Anne Cameron, Gary Kinsman, David Watmough, Scott Symons, Daniel David Moses, Wayson Choy, Gilles Marchildon, Gordon Stewart Anderson, Peter Mcgehee, Alec Butler, Rachel Zolf, Billeh Nickerson, Andy Quan, Aaron Devor, Kaushalya Bannerji, David Carpenter, Morris Panych, Pat Capponi, Elizabeth Ruth, Michele Clarke, Waawaate Fobister, Makeda Silvera, Ian Stephens, Lisa B, Greg Kramer, Todd Klinck, Shani Mootoo, Brett Josef Grubisic, Shaun Proulx, Anne-Marie Alonzo, Neil Smith, Fiona Patton, William Whitehead, Marnie Woodrow, Elspeth Cameron, Alisa Palmer, Trish Salah, Sina Queyras, Jay Scott, Shawn Syms, Michel Marc Bouchard, Matthew Hays, Candas Jane Dorsey, René-Daniel Dubois, Don Hannah, David Rayside, Tom Culligan, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Brian Francis,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2508913 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dionne Brand, Stephen Ames, Mark Warner, M. Nourbese Philip, Randy Samuel, Richard Goddard, Bas Balkissoon, Hedy Fry, Charles Roach, Stephen Hart, Richard Dos Ramos, Ian Hanomansing, Gerry Bednob, Emile Ramsammy, Joel John, Michele Clarke, Harold Sonny Ladoo, André Alexis, Shani Mootoo, Neil Bissoondath, Nadine Ramkisson. Excerpt:André Alexis (born 15 Jan 1957 in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago ) is a Canadian writer who grew up in Ottawa and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario . His debut novel, Childhood (1997), won the Books in Canada First Novel Award , and was a co-winner of the Trillium Award . In addition to his writing, he is a member of the editorial board of This Magazine . Bibliography Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bas Balkissoon Bas Balkissoon (born ca. 1952) is a politician in Toronto , Ontario . Formerly the Toronto city councillor representing Ward 41 in northeast area of Scarborough , Balkissoon won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 24, 2005 as the Liberal MPP for Scarborough Rouge River . Born in Trinidad and Tobago , and of Indian descent, Balkissoon rose to prominence as the head of Scarborough Homeowners Alliance For Fair Taxes, an organization that challenged the province's property assessment system. In 1988, he ran for Scarborough city council in what was then Ward 13. With the formation of the new amalgamated city of Toronto, he was elected to Toronto City Council in 1997. As chair of the city's Audit Committee he was credited with uncovering a dubious computer leasing deal between the city and MFP Financial, which eventually lead to the formation of the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry . Balkissoon also served for a period on the Police Services Board on which he was critical of then-To... ... Read more

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Chapters: Jean Rhys, Dionne Brand, Karrine Steffans, Marie-Elena John, Jamaica Kincaid, Abiola Abrams, Maryse Condé, Shani Mootoo, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Elizabeth Nunez, Priya Balachandran. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Torontos third Poet Laureate in September 2009. Brand is Caribbean born. Dionne Brand was born in Guayaguayare, a small fishing village in Trinidad and Tobago. Immigrating to Canada in 1970, when she was 17 years old, Brand attended the University of Toronto where she earned a BA in 1975. Brand also holds a MA (1989) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - OISE. Currently Brand teaches at the University of Guelph. Brand frequently explores themes of gender, race, sexuality and feminism in her writing. In Bread Out of Stone, Brand uses personal experiences and strong metaphoric language to expose racism, white male domination, injustices and the moral hypocrisies of Canada with its own assessment as being "not like the United States" As a show of support of women solidarity, Brand has participated in many anthologies and writing opposing the violent killings of Black men and women and specifically pointing out the massacre of fourteen women in Montreal and the racism and inequality experienced by Aboriginal women of Canada, particularly Helen Betty Osbornes death in the Pas. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Di Brandt. Many scholars have analyzed Dionne Brand's work. In his book Black Like Who?, Rinaldo Walcott includes two essays (A Tough Geography": Towards a Poetics of Black Space(s) in Canada and "No Language is Neutral": The Politics of Performativity in M. Nou...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=251683 ... Read more

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For almost two decades, The Journey Prize Stories has been taking the pulse of Canada’s literary scene, presenting the best stories published each year by some of our most exciting up-and-coming writers.

Among the stories this year: A holdup marks the beginning of a spectacularly ill-fated romance between a free spirit and a man with the heart and soul of “a criminal born.” When her young imagination is captured by a photo of a Hungarian refugee child, a girl becomes determined to make the orphan a part of her family’s life. In a story set in Venice, amid complications both legal and romantic, a Canadian expat comes to understand the restless path his father’s life has taken. A boy discovers something about fame, mortality, and triple force fields when the kids in his neighbourhood vie for a coveted spot on an arcade game’s high-scores list. In a modern fairytale with a twist, a woman who is always cold is given an unexpected gift. A near-drowning in the Indian Ocean reveals difficult truths to a documentary filmmaker during what is supposed to be a career-advancing trip. ... Read more

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Despite the increasing scope and authority of women's studies, the role of Black women in Canada's history has remained largely unwritten and unacknowledged. This silence supports the common belief that Black people have only recently arrived in Canada and that racism is also a fairly recent development. This book sets the record straight.

The six essays collected here explore three hundred years of Black women in Canada, from the seventeenth century to the immediate post-Second World War period. Sylvia Hamilton documents the experiences of Black women in Nova Scotia, from early slaves and Loyalists to modern immigrants. Adrienne Shadd looks at the gripping realities of the Underground Railroad, focusing on activities on this side of the border. Peggy Bristow examines the lives of Black women in Buxton and Chatham, Ontario, between 1850 and 1865. Afua Cooper describes the career of Mary Bibb, a nineteenth-century Black teacher in Ontario. Dionne Brand, through oral accounts, examines labourers between the wars and their recruitment as factory workers during the Second World War. And, finally, Linda Carty explores relations between Black women and the Canadian state.

This long overdue history will prove welcome reading for anyone interested in Black history and race relations. It provides a much-needed text for senior high school and university courses in Canadian history, women's history, and women's studies.

Winner of the Ontario Historical Society's 1996 Joesph Brant award. ... Read more

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc. Toronto Date Published: 1997 ISBN-13: 9780771016455 ISBN: 077101645X Description: Book is signed by author, clean pages, condition fine. Poems "...unique, uses language to disturb. As water in a pond by a stone's throw, disturbed, distorted, English unleashed. " Winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Literary Awards ... Read more