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JAN STEELE’S JAWBREAKER: MEMOIR OF A WOMEN’S SHELTER

JAN STEELE’S JAWBREAKER: MEMOIR OF A WOMEN’S SHELTER

In the mid-1970s, Jan Steele worked on the front lines as a counsellor at the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter. Jawbreaker: Memoir of a Women’s Shelter is her account of the two and a half years she spent opening the door to women and children facing homelessness due to domestic violence, poverty, and mental illness. In the 70s, the idea that a woman could leave her abusive husband was novel,…

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CYNTHIA D’APRIX SWEENEY’S THE NEST

CYNTHIA D’APRIX SWEENEY’S THE NEST

The four adult children in the Plumb family are set to receive a generous amount of money — referred to affectionately as “the Nest” by the Plumbs — from a trust set up by their late father. Intended to be a modest fund, thanks to an influential boost from the stock market, the money now represents enough, once divided among the four siblings, to solve all their significant financial problems.…

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GABBY RIVERA’S JULIET TAKES A BREATH

GABBY RIVERA’S JULIET TAKES A BREATH

The first book to change the life of Juliet Palante is a feminist manifesto written by a white, hippy, lesbian, author Harlowe Brisbane. The book, Raging Flower, is all about taking pride in womanhood. For Juliet, this book represents a challenge to the heteronormative patriarchy that she has accepted as the normthrough her upbringing as a chubby, Puerto Rican, queer girl from the Bronx. “The…

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The Penguins Lessons by Tom Michell Book Review

The Penguins Lessons by Tom Michell Book Review

In 1975, at the beginning of what would be a long period of political and economic unrest in Argentina, 23-year-old Tom Michell was to begin teaching at a boarding school in Argentina. Before he settled into life as a teacher he took a trip to Uruguay where he happened upon a group of Magellanic penguins who had been overwhelmed by an oil slick and washed ashore. He watched as each wave brought…

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SUNIL YAPA’S YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST

SUNIL YAPA’S YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST

On November 30th, 1999, an estimated 40, 000 protesters gathered on the streets of Seattle in an attempt to shut down the World Trade Organization’s scheduled negotiations. The mass consisted of non-violent activists, anti-globalization organizations, labour unions, student groups, and a contingent of anarchists. Law enforcement was drastically ill prepared for the number of protestors and…

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EILEEN MYLES’ CHELSEA GIRLS

EILEEN MYLES’ CHELSEA GIRLS

“You can’t force a story that doesn’t want to be told,” writes Eileen Myles at the opening of the chapter “1969” in her recently republished novel Chelsea Girls.  The stories Myles doesn’t force seem to come all the same, and she has published twenty works, including three novels. The re-issue of Chelsea Girls accompanies the release of her collected poetry, I Must Be Living Twice which spans the…

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CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL

The prologue to Carrie Brownstein’s memoir, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, is set in 2006 and after a decade of touring with her band Sleater-Kinney she’s trying to decide how to best destroy everything she’s built — to get herself out. How hard will she have to slam her hand in a door? How much self-sabotage is enough to end the tour? “Sleater-Kinney was my family, the longest relationship I had…

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Patti Smith's M TRAIN

Patti Smith’s M TRAIN

In an interview earlier this year, Patti Smith explained the title of her latest memoir, M Train, to mean “mind train” — an almost stream-of-consciousness trail of thoughts. Following the success of Just Kids, her 2010 memoir that received the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, this release meets the reader in present-day New York. Part travel journal, part meditation on the tremendous grief…

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Today’s staff pick: V FOR VENDETTA book and mask set! Plus, check out one of our many cool typewriters #yyc #yycbooks #calgary #calgarybooks #pagesbooks #staffpick #books #bookoftheday #bookstagram #vforvendetta

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Today’s staff pick! PARTIAL LIST OF PEOPLE TO BLEACH by Gary Lutz #yyc #yycbooks #calgary #calgarybooks #pagesbooks #staffpick #books #bookoftheday #bookstagram

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Today’s staff pick! SCUM MANIFESTO by Valerie Solanas #yyc #yycbooks #calgary #calgarybooks #pagesbooks #staffpick #books #bookoftheday #bookstagram

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Today’s staff pick! Jessica Hopper’s THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CRITICISM BY A LIVING FEMALE ROCK CRITIC #yyc #yycbooks #calgary #calgarybooks #pagesbooks #staffpick #books #bookoftheday #bookstagram #musicbooks #music #booksbywomen

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Today’s staff pick! Joshua Cohen’s BOOK OF NUMBERS #yyc #yycbooks #calgary #calgarybooks #pagesbooks #staffpick #books #bookoftheday #bookstagram