by Kathleen Adamson, August 30, 2021 Care of: Letters Connections and Cures, Ivan Coyote, McClelland & Stewart, June 8, 2021, 256 pp., $18.89 Ivan Coyote knows our relationship with communication technology has drastically changed over the past decade. Online interactions have become the norm. First, because it was fashionable, and now, because it is … [Read more...] about Ivan Coyote: Bringing stories of fierce love and community building
You Have a Hammer: A state of fundraising being
by Gail Picco, August 25, 2021 You Have a Hammer: Building Grant Proposals for Social Change, Barbara Floersch, Civil Sector Press, January 26, 2021, 115 pp., $28.95 In You Have a Hammer, Barbara Floersch, who assumes the grantwriter knows how to fill in an application, is more interested in how charities and grantwriters are positioning themselves in relation to … [Read more...] about You Have a Hammer: A state of fundraising being
The Conversation: ‘Masterfully written and expertly researched’
By Wanda Deschamps August 13, 2021 The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations, Robert Livingston, PenguinRandomHouse, February 2, 2021, 368 pp., $33.74 In the wake of the most significant anti-racism protests since the 1960s arrives Dr. Robert W. Livingston’s The Conversation. … [Read more...] about The Conversation: ‘Masterfully written and expertly researched’
Likeness by David Macfarlane: A father’s thoughts of a future without his son
By Gail Picco (July 26, 2021) Likeness: Fathers, sons, a portrait, David Macfarlane, Doubleday Canada, May 18, 2021, 240 pp., $29.95 In Likeness, an achingly sad and sometimes hilarious memoir, David Macfarlane uses a portrait of himself created by preeminent Canadian painter John Hartman as a vehicle to access his memory. The painting is part of a project by … [Read more...] about Likeness by David Macfarlane: A father’s thoughts of a future without his son
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason made me feel better about climate, ‘if such a thing is possible’
By Kathleen Adamson (July 20, 2021) On Time and Water, Andri Snær Magnason, Biblioasis, March 30, 2021, 240 pp., $24.70 According to Andri Snær Magnason, we need stories. In his excellent book On Time and Water, the award-winning Icelandic fiction author turns his hand to a nonfiction climate change narrative, braiding family memories with scientific reporting and … [Read more...] about On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason made me feel better about climate, ‘if such a thing is possible’