By Gail Picco (June 18, 2021) Review originally published June 19, 2020 Juneteenth, Ralph Ellison with preface by Charles Johnson, Vintage International, June, 2000, 408 pp., $13.99 Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison was published posthumously and takes its name from the day Union Army General Gordon Granger led troops to Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the … [Read more...] about Juneteenth: ‘The most keenly awaited novel of the 20th century’
Dara McAnulty: Diagnosed with autism at age five, he provides us with a vivid and compelling diary of his connection to nature
By Wanda Deschamps June 14, 2021 Diary of a Young Naturalist, Dara McAnulty, Greystone Books, June 2021, 224 pp., $27,43 Diary of a Young Naturalist is a year-long chronicle of Dara McAnulty’s perspective on nature as a teenager from the age of fourteen to fifteen, originally published in the UK. Through his journey, including his family’s relocation from the … [Read more...] about Dara McAnulty: Diagnosed with autism at age five, he provides us with a vivid and compelling diary of his connection to nature
Saga Boy: Beautiful, raw, and searching
by Roger Ali, June 11, 2021 Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming, Antonio Michael Downing, PenguinRandomHouse Canada, January 29, 2021, 334 pp., $23.21 Saga Boy is a memoir of love, loss, and pain, of self-actualization and acceptance. It is a beautiful, raw story about Antonio Michael Downing’s life-long search for his black identity as he approaches each stage … [Read more...] about Saga Boy: Beautiful, raw, and searching
Hannah Arendt: Deeply influential 20th century thinker embodies contradiction, passion and a proximity to history
By Kathleen Adamson (May 23, 2021) On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt, written by Ann Heberlein, translated by Alice Menzies, House of Anansi, January 5, 2021, 272 pp., $24.70 Anne Heberlein’s new biography of Hannah Arendt sparkles with energy and clarity. Hannah Arendt’s brilliance as a writer and political thinker has long been … [Read more...] about Hannah Arendt: Deeply influential 20th century thinker embodies contradiction, passion and a proximity to history
The Case for Basic Income: An anti-poverty strategy
By Ginelle Skerritt (May 21, 2021) The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice, Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, Between the Lines, May 3, 2021, 208 pp., $24.95 You may recognize author Jamie Swift from his work as a documentary producer for Ideas on CBC radio. He is also a writer and has been a business professor. His latest book, The Case for Basic Income: … [Read more...] about The Case for Basic Income: An anti-poverty strategy