ArticlesIssue 82, Spring/Summer 2023
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FeaturesNonlinear tale of homecoming and history weaves Franco-Métis language, culture
In his groundbreaking debut novel, Hold Your Tongue, Winnipeg author Matthew Tétreault explores loss, searching, and homecoming in Métis and Franco-Manitoban history and culture througha contemporary lens. -
FeaturesPoetry collection reflects on perseverance, kinship, offering teachings through storytelling
Rita Bouvier believes what saves her is that in many ways she had a privileged upbringing. Growing up in the community of Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask., surrounded by family, she was raised by her grandparents who nurtured her culturally. They gave her a language (Cree-Michif, or what is now referred to as Northern Michif), which is woven throughout the collection. -
Kevin Nikkel shares his excitement for independent filmmaking in ode to artist-run centre
The Winnipeg Film Group is a diverse group of filmmakers producing experimental and often groundbreaking work. Establishing Shots: An Oral History of the Winnipeg Film Group is a collection of interviews providing an intricate exploration of the Winnipeg Film Group’s almost 50-year history as an artist-run centre, as well as its ongoing impact in Canada and beyond. -
Non-FictionDoctor shares struggles of caring for his children, himself, and disrupts illness recovery tales
A medical doctor, poet, and critic living in Guelph, Ontario, Shane Neilson has written the riveting memoir Saving: A Doctor’s Struggle to Help His Children, which describes the balancing act of being both a physician and a father while procuring treatment for his son, who developed epilepsy at the age of two, and for his daughter, who showed signs of severe depression at age 10. -
Non-FictionQuestions of spirituality, climate change, and social justice weave into personal narrative
In these days of change and unrest, complex questions have risen to the fore of our social narratives. With The Temple at the End of the Universe: A Search for Spirituality in the Anthropocene, Josiah Neufeld adopts the role of both a thoughtful guide and a humble companion as he helps readers explore one of the most pressing issues of all. -
Non-FictionEssays offer glimpse into Cam Scott as enthusiastic reader, melding literature and theory
Winnipeg poet and critic Cam Scott’s second book The Vanishing Signs is a collection of essays that explore literature and politics, using various theories to illuminate those explorations. -
Non-FictionInterviews with 23 men working toward ‘good life’ show courage, trust, need for societal care
Elizabeth Comack is a Winnipeg-based distinguished professor emerita of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba. She has researched street gangs and crime in Winnipeg for decades, but she wanted to delve deeper into the stories of “men in trouble” – and their struggle to live a “good life.” -
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JackPine provides support, collaboration to create ‘beautiful and unusual’ chapbooks
Publishing poetry is a world within a world. Some consider poetry as close to visual art as can be found in literature. Saskatoon’s JackPine Press takes poetry (and some prose) even closer by publishing chapbooks in which the melding of form and function, words and design, is virtually seamless. -
Young Adult/ChildrenChildren’s book offers message of hope, unconditional support in depiction of depression
Winnipeg-based Anna Lazowski’s latest book for children, Dark Cloud, is a springboard for conversations about mental health and illness, particularly depression. -
FictionFirst book of fantasy quintet shares diversity in gender and species while honouring found family
The Stars of Mount Quixx is the fascinating and fantastical first book of the new Brindlewatch Quintet by S. M. Beiko. The narrative follows the Ivyweather sisters, two outsiders, forced into spending their summer vacation in the always foggy town Quixx, built on the slope of a mountain rumoured to be filled with monsters.
