Canadian Literature
Showing 17–32 of 64 results
Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
From NEW! Chapter 4Playing the Tape Out |
After losing his wallet during a trip, Wood almost falls back into the alcohol spiral. "A test of resolve." However, following an endoscopy, Wood learns he can add stomach ulcers to a … | Alex Wood | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From Organizing for Self-RelianceFrom: In Pursuit of Justice |
- | Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
From "How I Learned to Speak English" 1900From: The Quebec Anthology |
Fréchette was in love with language. His Originaux et détraqués is full of wild descriptions and untranslatable puns, and his later work also explores the limits of conventional … | Louis Fréchette | 5 | 1997 | $0.30 Add |
From Buidling a Business, Building a Worker CooperativeFrom: In Pursuit of Justice |
- | Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne | 27 | 2014 | $2.70 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 5Two Fighters |
Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood … | Alex Wood | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From "Hay Fever" 1917From: The Quebec Anthology |
"La fièvre des foins," translated by Wayne Grady as "Hay Fever," was first published in 1917, and is taken here from Clapin’s Contes et nouvelles, a collection of … | Sylva Clapin | 20 | 1997 | $1.20 Add |
From Building the Fair Trade MovementFrom: In Pursuit of Justice |
- | Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 6Wish You Were Here |
Wood’s career trajectory begins to take stronger shape. However, two weeks after a farewell bash thrown in Uncle Noel’s honour, Wood relapses. Though staying strong for his family … | Alex Wood | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
From "The Ferryman" 1920From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le Passeur," the tide story included here— translated as "The Ferryman" by Sheila Fischman—is the title story from Loranger’s first book. | Jean-Aubert Loranger | 10 | 1997 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 7April Fool |
Starting the segment "Alex Wood Quits Everything," Wood explains how he prepared for his podcast where he would quit the rest of his vices in one year. He describes his struggle through … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From "The Italian Teacher" 1927From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le professeur d’italien," translated as "The Italian Teacher" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in Bernard’s only collection of short stories, La Dame blanche (The … | Harry Bernard | 12 | 1997 | $0.72 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 8Weed |
Wood discusses his journey with weed, and the dangerous situations he got into to acquire it. He talks about his interview with his recovery friend Marito. "The mental hold of weed" … | Alex Wood | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
From "The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930From: The Quebec Anthology |
The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical … | Louis Dantin | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 9Caffeine |
Next is Wood’s journey with coffee, or more importantly, caffeine. Being "coffee-sick" was an ongoing cycle, and with news of his ulcers, Wood tries to sever ties with caffeine. … | Alex Wood | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
From "Foreign Souls" 1934From: The Quebec Anthology |
From 1930 until her death in 1964, Marie le Franc also contributed stories and essays to many international journals, including Mercure de France, Liaison, and Garnets victoriens. Most of her … | Marie le Franc | 17 | 1997 | $1.02 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 10Nail Biting |
Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |