PreviewsIssue 85, Fall/Winter 2024-25
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Everything and Nothing At All
Essays
Jenny Heijun Wills
Wills explores her identity as a Korean-born, Canadian-adopted child, how literature changed her life, her pan-polyam identity in the face of heteronormativity, her lifelong eating disorder, and life as a parent with nuance and beauty in this complex essays.
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Everything is Poa
One Man’s Search for Peace and Purpose in East Africa
Jamey Glasnovic
Motivated by a profound belief in the power of the landscape, Glasnovic committed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, but it was the misadventures on his bicycle in Tanzania and Rwanda – and the warm and generous people he met along the way, along with the spectacular wildlife – that defined his journey.
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Explore Canada
Jocey Asnong
Now available in a hardcover edition, this lyrical book invites young readers to explore the capital cities, provinces, and territories of Canada, celebrating the diverse landscape, heritage, and outdoor traditions.
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Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid
How Trans High School Students Work at Gender Nonconformity
LJ Slovin
Based on a year-long ethnographic study conducted in a Canadian high school, Slovin presents a poignant critique of educational policies aimed at supporting trans and gender-nonconforming youth in school, policies that through their narrow definition of trans identity leave many youth feeling excluded and unseen. Despite their lack of recognition, these young people persevered and worked to expand notions of gender, as shown in the stories Slovin shares.
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Finding Otipemisiwak
The People Who Own Themselves
Andrea Currie
Weaving lyrical prose, poetry, and essays, this book tells of Currie’s journey as a Sixties Scoop survivor, from the time when she was profoundly disconnected from her Métis culture, through the years of searching and self-discovery, into the joys and sorrows of reuniting with her birth family.
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first here and then far
Selected Poems 1971–2024
David Zieroth
This selection of direct and evocative poems – in which images of daily life expand the reader’s thoughts and emotions – from a more than 50-year career is arranged chronologically, moving from early meditations on the poet’s rural Prairie childhood to the final, previously unpublished poem that examines his family history, and how it determined his present and future.
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Fjord
Willy Wanggen
This magical picture book invites children to read nature – specifically a fjord of shorebirds, mountains, waves, and rocks – like a book where raindrops serve as commas punctuating the day, and waves enclose the belugas like parentheses.
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Flying SOULO
Your Story Onstage
Tracey Smith
This inspiring guide, with exercises, insights, and anecdotes throughout, details the 13-step SOULO storytelling and creation method that can transform personal experience into a powerful one-person show.
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Folklife and Superstition
The Luck, Lore and Worldviews of Prairie Homesteaders
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson
This history of folk traditions, beliefs, and culturally diverse customs in the early homesteading era on the Canadian Prairies (1867–1914) gives insight into homesteaders’ daily lives, and shows how they built communities with others from different backgrounds to create a culture that blended the old with the new.
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Fun Is Where You Make It
Amusing Tales from a Teacher’s Life
Betty McGillivray
These lighthearted tales from a retired teacher describe various mishaps and escapades from her early adulthood through her teaching career and extracurricular activities, including pranks with college roommates, substitute teaching, community curling, and preparing for jury duty.
