English & Literature Studies

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From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From: Any Other Way

Makeda Silvera recalls how she found community and acceptance on Dewson Street. 3 $0.30 Add
Gang Life

Gang Life

10 of the toughest tell their stories

For the first time, here’s a no-holds-barred inside account of life for criminal gang members in cities and towns across Canada. Mark Totten has slowly gained the confidence of gang members … 216 View
Gender Failure

Gender Failure

Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers; they are also both admitted "gender failures. " In their first collaborative book, Ivan … ; 256 View
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Gender Retirement

Gender Retirement

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter Spoon introduces the concept of gender retirement, a refusal to identify within the gender binary, building on their decision to adopt the pronoun "they." 8 $0.80 Add
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Geographies of Gay Sex in the Digital Age

Geographies of Gay Sex in the Digital Age

From: Any Other Way

Matthew Gagné describes the experience of hooking up in Toronto’s contemporary digital landscape. 3 $0.30 Add
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George Hislop: The Unofficial Gay Mayor

George Hislop: The Unofficial Gay Mayor

From: Any Other Way

Gerald Hannon provides a brief biography of George Hislop a gay rights advocate and politician. 3 $0.30 Add
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Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation

Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation

“The nurse was trying to get me to sign a paper to put our baby, Derrick, up for adoption.”

From: How We Go Home

Geraldine Manson, of Snuneymuxw First Nation, shares her story about being an Elder in Residence at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. She was in a residential school as a child … 18 $1.80 Add
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Get Mad - Play Rock 'n' Roll

Get Mad – Play Rock ‘n’ Roll

From: Any Other Way

Susan Cole recalls her experience forming a band in the 1970’s and the power of music to inspire a community. 4 $0.40 Add
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Girl Failure

Girl Failure

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, trans masculine writers Spoon and Coyote describe feeling different than other young girls growing up, and their experiences with ostracization for not identifying with … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Gladys Radek, Terrace, Gitxsan / Wet'suwet'en First Nations

Gladys Radek, Terrace, Gitxsan / Wet’suwet’en First Nations

“When Tamara went missing, it took the breath out of me.”

From: How We Go Home

Gladys Radek of Gitxsan/Wet’suwet’en First Nations shares about life journey with sexual abuse and violence around her during childhood, and how her experiences led to her involvement … 17 $1.70 Add
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God Failure

God Failure

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Spoon describes their childhood in a Pentecostal church in northwest Calgary, where strict gender roles shaped daily life. 8 $0.80 Add
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God’s Works

God’s Works

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her experiences preparing for for her Bedouin wedding. 1 $0.10 Add
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“Good news and bad”
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“Good news and bad”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the Liberal Party’s strategy for calling a federal election under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre … 7 $0.70 Add
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Gossip, Literature, and Fictions of the Self

Gossip, Literature, and Fictions of the Self

From: The Triumph of Narrative

In this chapter, Fulford examines gossip as a structured narrative form rather than mere idle talk, situating gosip within broader literary traditions of storytelling and self-fashioning. 27 $2.70 Add
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GraceMacInnis (1905-1991)

GraceMacInnis (1905-1991)

From: Working for the Common Good

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