AltWeeklies Wire
Sharp Narrativenew
Miller follows up his debut, The Featherbed, with another compelling tale about Jewish immigrant life in Toronto in the 30s and 40s, this time with a nifty political twist.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-09-2007 |
Fiction
Tales by Toibinnew
Quaint title aside, these stories -- Toibin's first collection -- aren't celebrations of Hallmark-card family unity, complete with bucolic Irish settings.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
02-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
Big Bangnew
This is a polished and marvellously textured first book of short fiction -- can't wait for his first novel.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
02-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Bang Crunch, Neil Smith
Notes on Fluiditynew
There are a few too many stories by folks who think they're the first to have a complex identity, but I guarantee that no other anthology this year includes a bio that reads "white academic living as a black asshole."
NOW Magazine |
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mattilda, Nobody Passes
Cruel Slaverynew
The Book of Negroes has all the elements of good historical fiction: an epic story, detail that can only come from deep research, and astute insights into human frailty.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-26-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
Far-Out Radicalsnew
Though we could hardly call him a literary heavyweight, Maillard is a chronicler in the true sene of the word.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-12-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Keith Maillard, Looking Good
Brutal Honestynew
Firth delivers 17 exercises in the ham-fisted, brutalist fiction that has already gained him an uneasy notoriety.
NOW Magazine |
David Jager |
01-12-2007 |
Fiction
Islam Modernizednew
Though Hassan's book is a bit of a stodgy read, the ideas are exciting -- a dialogue about and amongst Muslim women is essential for Islam's survival and the furtherance of women's rights.
NOW Magazine |
Mary-Lou Zeitoun |
01-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tender Merciesnew
Walking is a transformative read for anyone who has ever thought about what it means to forgive.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
12-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Inspiration in Iraqnew
This book is a testament to and inspiration for those who seek to revive and rejuvenate a human spirit battered by shock and awe, attrition and insanity.
NOW Magazine |
Robert Priest |
12-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Don't Shoot the Clowns, Jo Wilding
Craven Imagesnew
This book is like staring at the unkempt mid-20s guy with a bad haircut scribbling in his journal on the subway: kind of sad, but you keep staring.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
12-18-2006 |
Fiction
Sweet Berrynew
Bidulka is no slouch when it comes to snappy dialogue and campy one-liners that more than tip the hat to classic noir, and his leading man is the kind of guy anyone would want for a best friend.
NOW Magazine |
Lesley McAllister |
11-28-2006 |
Fiction
Southern Mannew
Tulia is a great book about the war on drugs and its ugly racist undertow.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
11-20-2006 |
Nonfiction
Moral Victorynew
There isn't another writer on the planet who can be so tough and so tender at the same time.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder
One Wickedly Witty Authornew
One half of How Happy To Be is a toxic-toned critique of the public's insatiable desire for insider gossip,while the other tracks a child brought up by an emotionally absent father.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: How Happy To Be, Katrina Onstad
