Canadian Literature

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Chapter 19
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Chapter 19

Smartphone

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood details many of the problems linked to cellphones, though specifically smartphones. Health afflictions, mental health, relationships, car crashes, as well as other unsettling statisitics. As … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 2

Miley

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

After feeling like a "grown up" after the Just for Laughs gig, Wood describes how he was "a boy again within weeks." Addiction and debt begins to interfere with his gigs and … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 3

Withdrawal

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his … 20 $2.00 Add
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4

Playing the Tape Out

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 5

Two Fighters

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 6

Wish You Were Here

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 7

April Fool

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 8

Weed

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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" … 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 9

Caffeine

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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. … 27 $2.70 Add
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"Consuming Love" 1990

"Consuming Love" 1990

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Un amour devorant," translated here as "Consuming Love" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in the Montreal literary magazine XYZ in 1990. It is a sly tale with a delicious twist … 4 $0.24 Add
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Epilogue
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Epilogue

The Fight of My Life

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

The book wraps up with Wood discussing boxing and how a fighter just needs to keep getting up. One loss doesn’t mean everything is over. After a big relapse, Wood is diagnosed with … 11 $1.10 Add
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"Fleur-de-Mai" 1945

"Fleur-de-Mai" 1945

From: The Quebec Anthology

Long considered one of Quebec’s most important poets—a special issue of the literary magazine Liberté was devoted to his work in 1960—Grandbois also distinguished himself … 11 $0.66 Add
Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea
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Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions

As an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and … 292 View
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"Foreign Souls" 1934

"Foreign Souls" 1934

From: 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 … 17 $1.02 Add
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From Coffee to Chocolate and Beyond

From Coffee to Chocolate and Beyond

The Founders

From: In Pursuit of Justice

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"Happiness" 1946

"Happiness" 1946

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Le bonheur," translated here as "Happiness" by Wayne Grady, is a tale of urban despair, taken from Ringuet’s only book of short stories, L’Heritage (1946). The … 11 $0.66 Add