Essais Series

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Tongues

In this collection of deeply personal essays, twenty-six writers explore their connection with language, accents, and vocabularies, and contend with the ways these can be used as both bridge and weapon. ...

Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

By (author) Amy Fung
Categories: Literature: history and criticism
Series: Essais Series

Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being takes a closer look at Canada’s mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic. Following the ...

Notes From a Feminist Killjoy

By (author) Erin Wunker
Categories: Biography: general
Series: Essais Series

Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life attempts to think publicly about why we need feminism and especially why we need the figure of the feminist killjoy, now. From the complicated practices ...

My Conversations With Canadians

By (author) Lee Maracle
Categories: Indigenous peoples
Series: Essais Series

On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one she couldn’t possibly answer at that moment. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar ...