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Book of lives : a memoir of sorts / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The long-awaited memoir of one of the most lauded and influential writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in Northern Ontario, through the writing of her seminal novel The Handmaid's Tale in occupied East Berlin, to her position today as revered truth-teller and literary icon. From the moment she published her first collection of poetry in 1966 -- sweeping up our most prestigious literary award while still a graduate student in Victorian literature at Harvard -- Margaret Atwood has been ahead of her time. Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents (her father was a forest entomologist, her mother a former schoolteacher), Atwood spent half of every year in the deep forests of Quebec, living in tents or in houses hand-hewn by her father. Thrilling and unfettered, it was also isolating (on celebrating her eighth birthday: "It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.") and occasionally terrifying (alone for days with a 42-year-old pregnant mother, with no means of transportation or communication). From this unconventional origin, Atwood unspools her life story, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped the literary landscapes of our time, from the cruel year that spawned Cat's Eye to the Orwellian 1980s of Berlin, where conversations between writers were quickly ushered outdoors to evade the listening devices in any Westerner's home or hotel room. Chronicling oddball early jobs (teaching English to engineering students in a Quonset hut), a faltering early marriage, the bohemian gatherings and literary infighting of a generation of writers finding their voice, to her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and their only daughter, Atwood shares the stories, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes machinations, and turning points that have made her one of the most important writers of her era"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Fiction; Novelists, Canadian; Novelists, Canadian; Authors, Canadian (English); Authors, Canadian (English);
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The Canadian manifesto / by Black, Conrad,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In this political essay, Conrad Black outlines how Canada can achieve an exalted role in world affairs. For over 400 years, Canada has toiled in the shadows of its potential and achieved an indifferent recognition among other nations. Our main chance, writes Black, is now before us and it is not in the usual realms of military or economic dominance. With the rest of the West engaged in a sterile and platitudinous left-right tug of war, Canada has the opportunity to lead the advanced world to its next stage of development in the arts of government. By transforming itself into a controlled and sensible public policy laboratory, it can forge new solutions to the problems besetting welfare, education, health care, foreign policy, and other governmental sectors the world over, and make an enormous contribution to the welfare of mankind. Canada has no excuse not to lead in this field, argues Black, who offers nineteen visionary policy proposals of his own."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Political planning; Political planning.; Politics and government.;
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The sun and her flowers / by Kaur, Rupi,author,illustrator.;
Illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. This is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms.
Subjects: Poetry.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Love poetry.; Grief; Canadian poetry (English);
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Xanax cowboy : poems / by Green, Hannah(Author of Xanax cowboy),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Hannah Green's edgy, often darkly comedic debut, Xanax Cowboy, is a long poem that considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness (particularly in relation to the notion of the artist) via the romanticization of the Wild West. Cowboys are supposed to be messed up, a bit raw around the edges. The speaker wants to be loved for this too, and doesn't care if she is the only one laughing. The long poem is known for its resistance to form and expectation. Xanax Cowboy is as obsessed with itself as other long poems. It is vain. It is ridiculous. It is a tangent with new shapes, line breaks, and metaphors. Highly referential, mostly in terms of pop culture and iconography -- drawing from sources such as Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and the films of Quentin Tarantino -- Xanax Cowboy also deploys a specifically feminist approach, giving it additional urgency and energy. Xanax Cowboy insists on its variety of form and approach. Its strangeness. Its boldness. Its smoking pistols. Prepare yourself for a whiskey-drenched Western where pills fall from the sky and the speaker swallows Hollywood's version of the cowboy, its loneliness resting in her belly.
Subjects: Poetry.; Canadian poetry; Canadian poetry; Cowboys; Mental illness;
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Abundance / by Klein, Ezra,1984-author.; Thompson, Derek,1986-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to rethink big, entrenched problems that seem mired in systemic scarcity: from climate change to housing, education to healthcare"--
Subjects: Scarcity;
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Opinions : a decade of arguments, criticisms, and minding other people's business / by Gay, Roxane,author.;
"From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between."--
Subjects: Essays.; Gay, Roxane.; American essays; Politics and culture;
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The storm before the calm : America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond / by Friedman, George,author.;
"The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years focuses on the United States, predicting how the 2020s will bring dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, foreign policy, economics, and culture"--
Subjects: Twenty-first century;
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Inside an honor killing : a father and daughter tell their story / by Wold, Lene,1987-author.; Translation of:Wold, Lene,1987-Ære være mine døtre.English.; Lasky, Olivia,translator.;
"In this powerful and affecting book, writer and journalist Lene Wold offers a rare window into the world of "honor killings"--the controversial practice that sees more than five thousand women murdered at the hands of close relatives each year, all to restore their family's reputation. Wold spent more than five years in Jordan, visiting prisons and mosques, reviewing newspapers and judicial archives, and interviewing imams, village elders, and other locals to understand these violent acts. But she also spoke with the killers themselves, including a man who murdered his mother and daughter and attempted to kill his other daughter. In Inside an Honor Killing, Wold shares what she learned, weaving a shocking tale of honor killing told from the perpetrators' perspective as well as the victims'."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Honor killings; Honor killings;
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David Bowie made me gay : 100 years of LGBT music / by Bullock, Darryl W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-351) and index.
Subjects: Gay musicians.; Popular music; Popular music;
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Memorial Drive : a daughter's memoir / by Trethewey, Natasha D.,1966-author.;
The former U.S. poet laureate shares a personal memoir about the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and how this profound experience of loss shaped her as an adult and an artist.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-; Poets, American; Mothers; Grief.;
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