Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Going to Work

Going to Work

From: Chrystia

From Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill 10 $1.00 Add
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Gold Range
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Gold Range

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

This chapter discusses the Margie’s family’s big move to the North, the history around the development of Yellow Knife as the capital of the Northwest Territories, their time living … 8 $0.80 Add
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Good and Evil

Good and Evil

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter explores Arendt’s philosophical musings on the nature of goodness. For Arendt, the antidote to evil is not mere good – it is reflection and responsibility. 7 $0.70 Add
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Got AIDS Yet?

Got AIDS Yet?

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this essay, the author recounts seeing bathroom graffiti reading "Got AIDS Yet?" at age 8 or 9, and feeling frozen in terror. He grew up with a deep fear of sex that was only … 6 $0.60 Add
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Grade School

Grade School

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax. Elementary school 11 $1.10 Add
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Green Gables enshrined

Green Gables enshrined

From: The Wheel of Things

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Gregory Stewart's Mother
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Gregory Stewart’s Mother

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry examines the limited, and sometimes non-existent media coverage of homicides in neighborhoods with low income and high crime rates. Cherry analyzes homicides ignored by … 18 $1.80 Add
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Grit and grace: making things happen

Grit and grace: making things happen

PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE

From: Nerve

This chapter discusses the combination of grit, results of what we do and grace, how we achieve these results . The authors reflect on their experience with grit and grace as female leaders. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Route of Heros

Route of Heros

From: Any Other Way

Keith Cole recalls his experiences as a sex worker in Torontos boystown. 3 $0.30 Add
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Hadesbeck’s Handlers

Hadesbeck’s Handlers

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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Half-Breed Blues

Half-Breed Blues

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter explores the lingering effect of a date-rape on the author’s romantic and sexual life. 18 $1.80 Add
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Halloween Balls: From Letros to the St. Charles

Halloween Balls: From Letros to the St. Charles

From: Any Other Way

Christine Sismondo tells the story of Toronto’s Halloween drag balls. 3 $0.30 Add
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Hammerskins

Hammerskins

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Sara Ellen Dunlop and the Music Room: A Memory

Sara Ellen Dunlop and the Music Room: A Memory

From: Any Other Way

John Forbes remembers the Music Room on Yonge Street, an unliscened club that operated between 1962 and 1966. 2 $0.20 Add
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Hanna and Saied's Story

Hanna and Saied’s Story

From: Any Other Way

Kamal Al-Solaylee tells the story of Hanna and Saied, two Syrian refugees who discovered community and acceptance in Toronto’s LGBTQ community after arriving in the city in 2016. 3 $0.30 Add