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At Home

Talks with Canadian Artists about Place and Practice

In this intimate investigation of the artistic process, Lezli Rubin-Kunda explores the nuanced path of creative work and the way artists make sense of home and place within their art practice and … 232 View
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Qummut Qukiria!

Art, Culture, and Sovereignty Across Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi: Mobilizing the Circumpolar North

Qummut Qukiria! celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional Inuit and Sámi homelands in the Circumpolar Arctic — from the continuance of longstanding practices such as … ; ; 448 View
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Rooms

Women, Writing, Woolf

From LAMBDA Literary Award winner Sina Queyras, Rooms offers a peek into the defining spaces a young queer writer moved through as they found their way from a life of chaos to a life of the mind … 176 View
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The Things I Came Here With

A Memoir

“Does it hurt?” When you’re a tattoo artist, that’s the most universal question. For Chris MacDonald, the answer is simple: hurts less than a broken heart. Those words are … 264 View
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Glossary

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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A glossary of words and language used throughout the text. ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Setting Out

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Preface

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The author Chris MacDonald shares how it feels to tattoo, what pushes him into this career, and reflects on how he has gotten to this point, launching into the memoir of his life. 3 $0.30 Add
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Prologue

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Chapter One

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The author talks about the process of starting this book, Virginia Woolf scholarship and her and her books’ presence/form in popular culture, and their own experiences in life and in school. 22 $2.20 Add
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Introduction

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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An introduction from the collections three editors. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Locating and Re-locating

From: At Home

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Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. 13 $1.30 Add
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Part One: Small Towns

From: The Things I Came Here With

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Part One reflects on MacDonald’s childhood, his relationships with his brothers and sister, his mothers struggles with mental health, his passion for art, and the fall out from his parents … 62 $6.20 Add
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Chapter Two

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The author discusses creativity and the writing process, Virginia Woolf’s life and works, Constance Rooke, and women writing. 27 $2.70 Add
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Language Medicine

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter explores the author’s relationship to his native Sámi language. Topics discussed include colonial language, family language (language spoken at home), self identification, … 4 $0.40 Add
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No Place Like Home

From: At Home

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Chapter 2 features interviews with Simon Frank, Nicole Fournier, and Susan Feindel. The chapter focuses on artists who live in and create art out of their childhood surroundings. 21 $2.10 Add
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Part Two: The Big City

From: The Things I Came Here With

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Part Two reflects on MacDonald’s early adolescence, the move to Toronto, his last visit to his mother, skateboarding, school, first loves, experimenting with weed, teenage rebellion, being … 71 $7.10 Add