Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() Leap of FaithStuart 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. … | Jake Ootes | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Learning to Play BallFrom: 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 … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Learning to Swim, 1942–45 21From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Recounts learning to swim 1942-45 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Leaving Atlanta |
This chapter describes the author’s friendship with their uncle, who was gay and died of AIDS when the Moore was young. | Stephen H. Moore | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Leaving SyriaFrom: 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. | Hassan Al Kontar | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Leaving the Eighteenth FloorFrom: The M Word |
Julia Zarankin reflects on infertility, motherhood, expectations, imagined children, trying, IVF, and more. | Julia Zarankin | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() LebanonFrom: Exile |
Belen Fernandez | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add | |
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From ![]() Leftover Lovers |
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 … | Edric Figueroa | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
![]() LegacyTrauma, 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 … | Suzanne Methot | 370 | 2019 | View |
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From ![]() Legacy |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He witnesses the death of his wife and his childrens’ lives. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
![]() NEW! Len & CubA 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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From ![]() Red Spot NightsFrom: Any Other Way |
Michéle Pearson Clarke recalls her experiences at the Red Spot, a vibrant venue. | Miché Pearson Clarke | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Beginnings in Butternut RidgeFrom: Len & Cub |
This chapter sets the scene for Len & Cub’s story. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Lest Living Lose Its ZestFrom: 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 … | Merilyn Simonds | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() Lest We ForgetFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Outlines traditions in place in Sinterville for Rememberance Day | Tom Douglas | 5 | 2012 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter Two |
Letter to John A. MacDonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) | Chris Scribe | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |

















