Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #40
Featuring Chelene Knight, Sheila Stewart, Damian Tarnopolsky, and Luciana Erregue
Featuring Chelene Knight, Sheila Stewart, Damian Tarnopolsky, and Luciana Erregue
In the world I inhabit much of what is commonly understood about mutual attraction continues to be based on cis-gendered heterosexual and patriarchal ideas of what “sex” is, of what we understand to be “male” or “female” to be. Anything else is queer, as in othered.
Just Say Yes: A Memoir chronicles the highlights of McDonald’s life, from his youth in Orillia to his status as a high-profile science reporter and radio host. Along the way, McDonald discusses how being open to new opportunities was a key to his success.
Chase Joynt is a non-fiction filmmaker and author whose work often focuses on trans themes.
Featuring Adelle Purdham, Sam Chaiton, Mandy Eve-Barnett, and Alice Fitzpatrick
I admire Purdham’s willingness to give voice to the ugly thoughts a lot of us have had about disability or other perceived differences — because we do have them.
Excerpted with permission from Dundurn Press
This is a how-to-sail (if you do well in learning by reading, with no guiding pictures), a meditation on unexpected hobbies, and a toast to community. Wang’s love of sailing is infectious — truly, I’ve sailed maybe once in my life at this point, and I at least idly considered looking up yacht clubs near me to see if any of them worked in the same way Wang’s does.
Part poet, philosopher, scientist, and artist – Gary brings to mind the acronym STEAM.. when academia finally realized the importance of art to the scientific realm. He is definitely science and art in a wonderful blend.
Part memoir, part critique of the expectations of the genre, Danny Ramadan’s Crooked Teeth opens with a discussion of trust.
Marek’s Coat is a memoir written by Joseph Skarżeński, who as a Polish child in April of 1940 was transported to Siberia.
The Old Moon in Her Arms is a graceful gathering of the moments that shape a life, a memoir that is sometimes learning, sometimes teaching, and always astonishing.
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, Ph. D. is a remarkable memoir of one person’s journey into fulfillment.
Pictures on the Wall: Building a Canadian Art Collection is an interesting kind of coffee table book: heavy with weighty paper and beautiful pictures, but also a memoir of a life spent admiring art, pursuing art, and most interesting – repatriating art.