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On Class by Deborah Dundas

May 15, 2023

“Dundas peels back the ways we think about poverty, the definitions of class, the way class intersects with the other –
‘isms,'”

Categories Economics, Essays, Non-Fiction, Social Studies Tags class, Essays, literature, literature notes, nonfiction, poverty

Birth Road by Michelle Wamboldt

September 18, 2022

Episodic in nature, Birth Road by Michell Wamboldt tells the story of Helen, a young woman from Truro, whose life of heartbreak and challenge will pierce your soul but her pluck and perseverance will warm your heart.

Categories Atlantic Canada, Fiction, First Book, Nova Scotia Tags abuse, Debut novel, estrangement, incest, nova scotia, poverty

Homeless Memorial by John La Greca

January 24, 2020

John La Greca writes with blistering honesty and humour of a side of Okanagan culture never seen in tourist brochures. For nearly fifty years, he has been our greatest poet of the streets and for all this time he has lived with a mind given many diagnoses, including schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Categories Poetry Tags Homeless, mental health, mental illness, poems, Poetry, poverty

Under the Bridge by Anne Bishop

March 7, 2019February 16, 2019

When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. On probation and living on the streets of Halifax’s North End, all she has left are friends.

Categories Feminist, Fiction, Social Issues Tags activists, Halifax, homelessness, Injustice, poverty, social issues

A Wholesome Horror: Poorhouses in Nova Scotia by Brenda Thompson

November 27, 2021October 21, 2018

Brenda Thompson’s poignant treatise on the treatment of the poor in Nova Scotia and the evolution of private and government-subsidized poor houses. None of these 32 buildings remain. This is a very important book that makes us pause and ask serious questions.

Categories Atlantic Canada, History, Maritime History, Non-Fiction, Nova Scotia, Social Issues Tags nova scotia, Poor, poorhouses, poverty

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