Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  2.4 ImperfectFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase reflects on Mike’s telling of Mark’s funeral. They both grapple with the ideas of perfection and vulnerability. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From 2.5 TearsFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase reflects on stereotypes of trans men and shares more details of his transition. Mike wonders about the ways his favourite filmmaker makes him feel and react. Chase reflects on the function … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From 2.6 PrideFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase shares his experiences in learning to navigate male washrooms and cruising culture, as well as his Pride parade experiences. Mike shares his experiences with Pride and queer culture. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From 2.7 SecretsFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike reflects on his HIV status and the impact of keeping it secret on other people. Chase shares about his mother’s second marriage as an Othodox Jew, the first time he is publicly with … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From 2.8 Leaving HomeFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike is grateful for his doctor Chelsea and reflects on her challenges treating people with HIV. Chase reflects on his childhood home. They both consider home could be in other people who share … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From 2.9 Forced OutFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike shares his friend’s cancer diagnosis, and her experience in being told she had to have breast reconstruction surgery to be accepted. Chase considers his art about surgery and … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 6 | 2016 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! A Band of Brothers and Sisters: Circle of TrustFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and how he became deeply embedded in the 1963 and 1964 Civil Rights voter registration efforts. | Fred Anderson | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From  A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970’sFrom: Any Other Way |
Richard Fung describes the experience of being a gay student at the Ontario College of Arts in the 1970s. | Richard Fung | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! “A beating every day”: The Story of Léo PitreChapter Ten From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Ten focuses on the story of Léo Pitre from Jacquet River, New Brunswick, describing his time in Hong Kong in 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, capture … | Ronald Cormier | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! A Bible in my HandsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter focuses on Indigenous history, colonization, and anti-Indigenous racism in sports. Particular focus is put on Lacrosse. | Ian Kennedy | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A Blind Date Brings a Miracle New York, 1957From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! A Bloody Colonial: The Story of Roger PichetteChapter Two From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Two focuses on the story of Roger Pichette of the RCAF from Campbellton, New Brunswick, describing his education, time as a tail gunner, time with the No. 142 Squadron known as the … | Ronald Cormier | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! A Blues for CliffordFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences during the spring of 1975 encounter with Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Montreal. | Fred Anderson | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  A Bowl of Soup |
The author explores more memories of her father. She recounts the last day she ever spent alone with her father. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  “A brave fellow, breaking up”From: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson traces the final days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the spring of 1945, seen through the eyes of Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King. | Neville Thompson | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
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From “A brave fellow, breaking up”From: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson follows Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s final years in office, 1946 through 1948, set against the emerging Cold War divide. | Neville Thompson | 42 | 2021 | $4.20 Add |
