English & Literature Studies

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2.6 Pride

2.6 Pride

From: You Only Live Twice

Chase shares his experiences in learning to navigate male washrooms and cruising culture, as well as his Pride parade experiences. Mike shares his experiences with Pride and queer culture. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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2.7 Secrets

2.7 Secrets

From: You Only Live Twice

Mike reflects on his HIV status and the impact of keeping it secret on other people. Chase shares about his mother’s second marriage as an Othodox Jew, the first time he is publicly with … ; 3 $0.30 Add
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2.8 Leaving Home

2.8 Leaving Home

From: You Only Live Twice

Mike is grateful for his doctor Chelsea and reflects on her challenges treating people with HIV. Chase reflects on his childhood home. They both consider home could be in other people who share … ; 5 $0.50 Add
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2.9 Forced Out

2.9 Forced Out

From: You Only Live Twice

Mike shares his friend’s cancer diagnosis, and her experience in being told she had to have breast reconstruction surgery to be accepted. Chase considers his art about surgery and … ; 6 $0.60 Add
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A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970's

A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970’s

From: Any Other Way

Richard Fung describes the experience of being a gay student at the Ontario College of Arts in the 1970s. 3 $0.30 Add
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"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974

"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Un parfum bleu-rose," translated here as "A Blue Rose Perfume" by Basil Kingstone, first appeared in 1974 in the Montreal magazine Liberté. It is a simple story—a … 14 $0.84 Add
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"A Case of Sorcery" 1963

"A Case of Sorcery" 1963

From: The Quebec Anthology

"L’Enchantement," translated here as "A Case of Sorcery" by David Homel, is from Ceux du Chemin-Taché (1963). "It took me many years to realize just how much … 9 $0.54 Add
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A Cautionary Tale

A Cautionary Tale

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Coyote describes their recovery from a double mastectomy, arguing that healing demands unlearning masculine self-reliance. 6 $0.60 Add
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A Classic Case
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A Classic Case

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses the prevalence of "journalism trauma" among crime reporters. She interviews former colleagues and discusses her experience with PTSD (post-traumatic … 15 $1.50 Add
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A Dream Deferred
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A Dream Deferred

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences returning home to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, before re-entering Canada and settling there. 24 $2.40 Add
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A Face Like a Full Moon

A Face Like a Full Moon

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her mother, Ummi, a Bedouin woman in an Israeli hospital. Set within the Bedouin communities of Israel, the narrative examines the weight of patriarchal … 11 $1.10 Add
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A Free Woman has Nothing to Fear

A Free Woman has Nothing to Fear

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj centres on Jidatee, her grandmother whose wisdom embodied the Arabic principle that a free woman has nothing to fear. 5 $0.50 Add
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A.J.M. Smith's Eclectic Surrealism

A.J.M. Smith’s Eclectic Surrealism

From: The Canadian Modernists Meet

Several of Smith’s poems of the 1930s and early 1940s, especially those published from 1934 to 1936 during the Surrealist craze in London, show his distinct attraction to Surrealist ideas … 20 $1.80 Add
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A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day's Origins

A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day’s Origins

From: Any Other Way

Jerald Moldenhauer recalls his involvement in the gay rights movement in Toronto in the 1970’s 4 $0.40 Add