Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Got AIDS Yet? |
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 … | Aaron Nielson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  If I Were KingFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about how he would improve the world of children’s hospitals and some of the things he has improved during his career | Richard B. Goldbloom | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  In the Spirit of Beth: Queering Indigenous SpaceFrom: Any Other Way |
Nicole Naku Tanguay recalls the experience of planning a memorial service for a friend and queer Indigenous writer Beth Brant | Nicole Tanguay | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Making it WorkFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter tells the stories of various non-white Canadians dealing with racism in Southern Ontario. Joe and Bob Izumi’s careers and impacts are explored. | Ian Kennedy | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  MH2284 |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She continues to tell the story of her escape, starting with her arrival in Indonesia. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! NineteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! On Being an ArtistDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an interview between the artist behind Ahqahizu, Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curley and Anna Hudson. | Anna Hudson; Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curely | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Pier 21 — Boat Days, 1954–55 77From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at a typical day there when there was a influx of immigrants due to a boat landing while working for the Department of Citzenship and Immigration in the catering department | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Pioneering Women’s Rights New Orleans, 1975-79From: 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 | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! stilte/silenceFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, the de Meijer writes about poetic emphasis, and how this can differ between languages. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Teena’s Dream |
Janet Hammock imagines the future story of Teena, someone currently learning how to read and write. The chapter is different discusses reaching ones literary goals, motivations afterwards, … | Janet Hammock | 8 | 2009 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Terrors and triumphsFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Harper TouchFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The HolocaustFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Post-Maia WorldFrom: The M Word |
Heidi Reimer reflects on her daughters– one biological and the other adopted from her brother– motherhood, mothering, and more. | Heidi Reimer | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Traditional and Other MediaPart 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office |
In Traditional and Other Media Nash discusses ways to manage all sorts of media. The chapter discusses topics such as handling media requests, managing reconnaissance, preparation and remaining … | Peggy Nash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
