Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  It Began With a StoryFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of teachers and a principal working with a seventeen-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who would not follow instructions. Once his personal history … | David Starr | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Geographies of Gay Sex in the Digital AgeFrom: Any Other Way |
Matthew Gagné describes the experience of hooking up in Toronto’s contemporary digital landscape. | Gagné | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! It Was Never Our GameFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter tells the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and further explores Black history and Black peoples’ experiences in sports. Various stories are recounted. | Ian Kennedy | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Italy and BeyondFrom: Exile |
Belen Fernandez | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add | |
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From  It’s All in Your MindFrom: Imagined Truths |
This chapter discusses mental health and illness, abuse, and the author’s relationship with his mother. | Richard Lemm | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  It’s Not Something That’s Supposed to Have a Boss |
In this chapter, Cull interviews a woman who began working in the sex trade when she lived in a family shelter. She later left the sex trade, and became involved with organizations that help … | Kerri Cull | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From It’s Still a Little Scary |
This chapter profiles a young transgender man who turned to sex work after a period of homelessness. He wants people to know that sex work does not exist in a vacuum: it has bad aspects, good … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  I’ve got to throw out the bones nowFrom: Gang Life |
Dillon, aged thirty-three and a Latino father of two, tells his story in Chapter Six. Along with five friends, he founded a gang in high school. A few years later he was asked to patch over and … | Mark Totten | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From  James’s Attitude Makes the Difference |
June Horsman recounts the story of James. The story discusses his experiences with special education, his working years, and his desire to upgrade his education later in life. | June Horsman | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Jason & David |
In this chapter, the author discusses his attempts to create a performance piece that juxtaposed images from his childhood with stories and images from the lives of gay artists who had died of … | Dan Fishback | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Jesus don’t work for anyoneFrom: Gang Life |
tells the story of thirty-three-year-old Terrence, a mixed race “independent enforcer” who found the Lord just in time for a parole hearing. Terrence has a rather large ego and he … | Mark Totten | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Jim Dumont Onaubinisay (Walks Above the Ground) on Identity and Spirituality in the CityTRANSFORMING THE CITY From: Indigenous Toronto |
An interview with Jim Dumonth Onaubinisay on his work and legacy in Toronto and beyond. | Erica Commanda; Rebeka Tabobondung | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From Closing the Spy Holes at the Parkside TavernFrom: Any Other Way |
Gerald Hannon describes how Toronto’s Morality Beaureau used peepholes at the Parkside Tavern to arrest dozens of gay men, and how the author and several other activists met with the … | Gerald Hannon | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! Joe Hester: Anishnawbe Health TorontoHOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE From: Indigenous Toronto |
The story of Joe Hester and his work for Anishnawbe Health, where he is the current Executive Director. | Brian Wright-McLeod | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  John Munro and the Hamilton East LiberalsAnatomty of a Modern Political Machine From: Their Town |
Henry Jacek’s study of the John Munro political machine shows how a group of people have been able to put together an organization to serve their own ends. | Henry Jacek | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! John PattersonEyewitness to History |
This chapter tells the story of John Patterson, a black loyalist who inadvertently became the subject of a bestselling book when he became involved in the capture of a fugitive. | Stephen Davidson | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
