Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 11 $1.10 Add
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Learning to Play Ball
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Learning to Play Ball

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter tells the story of Pliney Stonefish– an Indigenous man from Delaware Nation and avid baseball fan– and the all-Indigenous baseball team from Delaware Nation. The 20th … 10 $1.00 Add
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Learning to Swim, 1942–45 21

Learning to Swim, 1942–45 21

From: A Halifax Boyhood

Recounts learning to swim 1942-45 ; 3 $0.30 Add
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Leaving Atlanta

Leaving Atlanta

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter describes the author’s friendship with their uncle, who was gay and died of AIDS when the Moore was young. 7 $0.70 Add
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Leaving Syria

Leaving Syria

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, the author describes his experiences as a law student in Syria, and his first international trip to Abu Dhabi. 5 $0.50 Add
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Leaving the Eighteenth Floor

Leaving the Eighteenth Floor

From: The M Word

Julia Zarankin reflects on infertility, motherhood, expectations, imagined children, trying, IVF, and more. 11 $1.10 Add
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Lebanon

Lebanon

From: Exile

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Leftover Lovers

Leftover Lovers

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s experience with his school’s abstinance only sex education, which was stigmatizing, and the structural oppression that governed the lives of queer … 11 $1.10 Add
Legacy

Legacy

Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing

Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other … 370 View
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Legacy

Legacy

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He witnesses the death of his wife and his childrens’ lives. 4 $0.40 Add
Len & Cub
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Len & Cub

A Queer History

Leonard "Len" Keith and Joseph "Cub" Coates grew up in the rural New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The two were neighbours, and they clearly … 192 View
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Red Spot Nights

Red Spot Nights

From: Any Other Way

Michéle Pearson Clarke recalls her experiences at the Red Spot, a vibrant venue. 2 $0.20 Add
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Beginnings in Butternut Ridge
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Beginnings in Butternut Ridge

From: Len & Cub

This chapter sets the scene for Len & Cub’s story. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Sixteen focuses on Louise’s attempts to write about her first husband Gleb and their time in Russian. The chapter discusses the professional writing process during Louise’s … 19 $1.90 Add
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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

From: To Wawa with Love

Outlines traditions in place in Sinterville for Rememberance Day 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

From: Reconciliation in Practice

Letter to John A. MacDonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) 1 $0.10 Add