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  • Henry Chow and other stories from the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop
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    Chosen by Ricepaper magazine and the Asian Canadian Writers’ Collective, these stories by emerging and established writers such as Evelyn Lau and Governor General Award winner Paul Yee reflect the

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  • What happened this summer
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    Yee, Paul

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    This collection of short stories by Governor General’s Award winning author Paul Yee takes readers into the lives of Chinese teens in Canada, who must deal with their cultural backgrounds as well a

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  • The dark and other love stories
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    Willis, Deborah

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    The characters in these thirteen masterful and engaging stories exist on the edge of danger, where landscapes melt into dreamscapes and every house is haunted.

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  • Tumbleweed : stories
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    Novakovich, Josip

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    In this latest short-story collection Josip Novakovich explores the shallow roots of emigration as he traverses North America from university post to writing residency.

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  • On not losing my father's ashes in the flood
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    Harrison, Richard

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    "In his final years, Richard Harrison's father suffered from a form of dementia, but he died without ever forgetting the poems he had memorized as a student and had taught to Richard as a child.

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  • Infidelities : stories of war and lust
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    Novakovich, Josip

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    As Serb, Croat, and Bosnian Muslim armies clash in the cities and countryside of the former Yugoslavia, it's hard to tell the front lines from the home front.

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  • Bleu
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    Béha, Philippe

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    La mer, le chagrin, le ciel, les Touaregs, l’amour et les sirènes… le bleu est partout dans nos coeurs.

    Genre: Poetry, French language materials

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  • Wind leaves absence
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    These poems are steeped in loss and lament as they concern the death of the poet’s family members, particularly her father and the premature death of two brothers two years apart.

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  • The long walk
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    "The Long Walk carries a lifetime's force of meaning. A deeply beautiful book." Anne Michaels In The Long Walk, Jan Zwicky bears witness to environmental and cultural cataclysm.

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  • A map in my blood
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    Braidek, Carla

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    Traditional poetry continues to hold its place in contemporary literature, in part, because of the emergence of women whose writing is informed by tradition but whose subject matter crystalizes in

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  • How does a single blade of grass thank the sun
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    Lau, Doretta

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    An updated and whimsical new take on what it means to be Canadian.

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  • Hopeful monsters : stories
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    Goto, Hiromi

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    The unbearable voices of mythic manatees, the cry of the phoenix, the whispers of kappa lovers beside a gurgling stream.

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  • The Texas stories of Nelson Algren
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    Algren, Nelson

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    Written over the course of four decades, this collection of 12 stories centers around Depression-era Texas.

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
      Running Time: 16:48:20
      Narrator: Henry Strozier
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • American Salvage
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    Campbell, Bonnie Jo

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    In rural Michigan, the American dream, if it ever existed, lies discarded like so much rusty scrap metal.

    Genre: Short stories

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      Running Time: 17:28:20
      Narrator: Jeffrey Brick, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Andrea Gallo, Ken Marks
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00
  • Lost in the city
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    Jones, Edward P.

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    Lost in the City features 15 poignant short stories, each set in Washington, D.C.

    Genre: Short stories

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      Running Time: 28:38:20
      Narrator: Cherise Booth, Caroline Clay, Peter Jay Fernandez, Patricia R Floyd, Kevin Free
      Publisher: Recorded Books, Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00

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