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"Pomme Douly and the Instant of Eternity" 1988

"Pomme Douly and the Instant of Eternity" 1988

From: The Quebec Anthology

Jacob’s most recent book, Les Aventures de Pomme Douly (1988), is a collection of linked short stories depicting the somewhat chaotic life of a beautiful, intelligent, but directionless … 8 $0.48 Add
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Porcelain Legs

From: The Whole Animal

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"Portraits of Elsa" 1990

"Portraits of Elsa" 1990

From: The Quebec Anthology

The story included here is the title story of Portraits d’Elsa et autres histoires, translated by David Homel. A remarkably subtle yet powerful story about the disappearance of the self, … 12 $0.72 Add
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Prarie Gender

Prarie Gender

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Spoon explains how gender roles in white, working-class Prairie communities shaped their personal identity. 10 $1.00 Add
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Preface

From: The Triumph of Narrative

In this preface, Fulford briefly explains how narrative shapes how stories are constructed and understood. 4 $0.40 Add
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Preface

From: The Cult of Efficiency

From The Cult of Efficiency: 6 $0.60 Add
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Preface

From: The Rights Revolution

From The Rights Revolution: 6 $0.60 Add
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Preface

From: Finding Our Niche

In the Preface of Finding Our Niche, Loring introduces himself as a white male settler seeking to understand the implications of this identity on his ability to tell stories of positive and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface to Colored People
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Preface to Colored People

From: Blind Persistence

This chapter is a 1993 letter written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. to his daughters from Piedmont, West Virginia, reflecting on Black identity and community in the 1950s and 1960s. 5 $0.50 Add
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Pride: A Political History

Pride: A Political History

From: Any Other Way

Tim McCaskell provides a history of Pride celebrations In Toronto. 4 $0.40 Add
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Pride Is Hot and Red and Political

Pride Is Hot and Red and Political

From: Any Other Way

Epstein reflects on the rights of queer parents in Canada. 3 $0.30 Add
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Prologue

The Fight of My Life

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Alex Wood introduces readers to his journey, his family, and notes that he’s been battling addiction since childhood. In three years, he quit 14 different addictions, each covered … 8 $0.80 Add
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Prologue: Hockey’s First Gay Superstar

From: Cutting Edge

In this chapter, Gawthrop traces the life of Hobey Baker, the 1910s Princeton hockey star. 6 $0.60 Add
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Puritan Representation in Canonic Literature

Puritan Representation in Canonic Literature

From: Suppression of the Erotic in Modern Hebrew Literature

The following chapter will first provide an insight into two prototypes of literary representation of “purity” that define the Sabra and delimit the other. It will be followed by a … 21 $2.31 Add
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Put Me in the Living Room and Cover Me with Flowers

Put Me in the Living Room and Cover Me with Flowers

Queering Death

From: The Care We Dream Of

In this account of her mother’s death, the author elaborated on the do-it-yourself attitude she brought to queering her grief, and also the the healing relationship she developed with death … 20 $2.00 Add
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Queenie and Ted

Queenie and Ted

From: Any Other Way

Kate Ziemen attempts to piece together the story of Queenie and Ted, a lesbian couple whose relationship lasted nearly half a century. 2 $0.20 Add