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Your Favorite Sasquatch is Back with 'Bigfoot: I Not Dead'new
The grammatically challenged sociopathic hero returns in Graham Roumieu's sasquatch sequel.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-27-2008 |
Fiction
Adam Leith Gollner Talks About Hunting for Fruitnew
"Buying fruits is kind of like investing in stocks," Gollner explains, quoting wisdom he learned at the Orchard, New York City's fanciest fruit shop. "Without a guy on the inside, you have no way of knowing what to buy."
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-20-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
British Scholar Peter Hallward Examines Foreign Meddling in Haitinew
Damming the Flood is a formidably researched account of the 2004 coup that is critical of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
05-30-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Steven Kurutz Goes Behind the Scenes with Tribute Bandsnew
Like a Rolling Stone concerns itself largely with Kurutz's experience touring with two Stones tribute bands, Sticky Fingers and Canada's own Blushing Brides. The dramatic core of the book is the bitter and bizarre rivalry between two aging Mick-divas, Fingers' frontman Glen Carroll (pictured on the cover of the book) and Montreal-born Maurice Raymond.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-23-2008 |
Nonfiction
Lynda Barry Gives Us a Lesson on Writing in 'What It Is'new
What It Is is beautiful. If you've ever seen the illustrated version of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, you'll recognize the color scheme. Still, on my first reading of the somewhat murky, meandering opening section, I felt a vague unease.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Infidelities' Explores the Struggles of Croatians at Home and Abroadnew
Novakovich's collection of short stories represents a departure from the standard narrative of Eastern Europeans leaving the old country behind. It flows from a more fluid consciousness, able to shift between the horrors, joys and ordinary realities of both worlds.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-02-2008 |
Fiction
The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival Turns 10 Years Oldnew
The festival deserves a lot of credit for lasting this long and for bringing international writers to Montreal, which, because of its language quirks, remains off the beaten track for many book tours.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-25-2008 |
Books
Patricia Pearson Examines Her Neuroses and Oursnew
Fear, she believes, is our rational reaction to actual crisis, and most of us -- even neurotics -- are programmed to use it intelligently. Anxiety is something else, an objectless dread that paralyzes us, and seems to be culturally created.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cumulus Press Celebrates a Decade Between the Coversnew
Scrolling through the Cumulus Press backlist is like taking a trip through a decade of indie/underground Montreal's socio-cultural zeitgeist. It covers a lot of ground for a little press.
Montreal Mirror |
Vincent Tinguely |
04-04-2008 |
Books
'Nikolski' Plots the Course for Lessons in Lineagenew
Nicolas Dickner's award-winning novel about Montreal and Montrealers has now been released in English.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicolas Dickner, Nikolski
Susan Pinker Takes on 'The Sexual Paradox'new
The psychologist examines fundamental gender differences and show how they shape the workplace.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-21-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Love is the Bug in 'My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead'new
Cold hearts rule in this Jeffrey Eugenides collection.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-22-2008 |
Fiction
Taking on the Israel Lobbynew
Mearsheimer discusses his controversial book and the firestorm surrounding it.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
02-22-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
2007's Page Turnersnew
Ten great reads from the past 12 months.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-21-2007 |
Books
Alex Ross Brings the Noisenew
Ross travels from the golden age of Strauss, Mahler and Wagner, through the mid-century struggles of composers -- American, European, black and white, classical, jazz and pretty much everything else.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
