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Every little scrap and wonder : a small-town childhood / by Funk, Carla,1974-author.;

Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig bladders like footballs, and vying for the Christmas pageant spotlight. Part ode to childhood, part love letter to rural life, Every Little Scrap and Wonder offers an original take on the memories, stories, and traditions we all carry within ourselves, whether we planned to or not.

Subjects: Biographies.; Funk, Carla, 1974-; Women poets, Canadian; Poets, Canadian;

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Mennonite valley girl : a wayward coming of age / by Funk, Carla,1974-author.;

"A funny and whip-smart memoir about a feisty young woman's quest for independence in an isolated Mennonite community. Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging ever closer to the flames. Coming of age in a remote and forested valley--a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands--she knows her destiny is to marry, have babies, and join the church ladies' sewing circle. But she feels an increasing urge to push the limits of her religion and the small town that cannot contain her desires for much longer. At once a coming-of-age story, a contemplation on meaning, morality, and destiny, and a hilarious time capsule of 1980s adolescence, Mennonite Valley Girl offers the best kind of escapist reading for anyone who loves small towns, or who was lucky enough to grow up in one."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Funk, Carla, 1974-; Mennonite authors; Mennonite women; Mennonites; Poets, Canadian (English); Women poets, Canadian (English);

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Milk and honey / by Kaur, Rupi.;

This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.LSC

Subjects: Canadian poetry.; Banned book sanctuary.; Survival; Women;

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A theatre for dreamers / by Samson, Polly,author.;

1960. The world is dancing on the edge of revolution, and nowhere more so than on the Greek island of Hydra, where a circle of poets, painters and musicians live tangled lives. Forming within this circle is a triangle: its points the magnetic, destructive writer Axel Jensen, his dazzlingly beautiful wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen. Into their midst arrives teenage Erica, with little more than a bundle of blank notebooks and her grief for her mother. Settling on the periphery of this circle, she watches, entranced and disquieted, as a paradise unravels. Burning with the heat and light of Greece, A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost - and the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius.

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Artists; Communities; Genius; Interpersonal relations; Poets;

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Margaret Atwood [videorecording] : a word after a word after a word is power / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-on-screen participant.; Raymont, Peter,film director.; White Pine Pictures,publisher.;

Margaret Atwood.The film explores Atwood's 'backstory,' her early days in the Canadian wilderness and as a poet. Atwood's novels are explored, including her latest, The Testaments, the highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Personal stories are shared by friends, family, and, of course, directly by Atwood herself.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital monophonic.

Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Authors, Canadian; Women authors;

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Toni Morrison [videorecording] : the pieces I am / by Morrison, Toni,on-screen participant.; Als, Hilton,interviewee.; Davis, Angela Y.(Angela Yvonne),1944-interviewee.; Lebowitz, Fran,interviewee.; Mosley, Walter,interviewee.; Winfrey, Oprah,interviewee.; Sanchez, Sonia,1934-interviewee.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm),presenter.; Perfect Day Films,production company.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Music by Kathryn Bostic ; director of photography, Graham Willoughby.Featuring: Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez, Oprah Winfrey.An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images/thematic material.DVD; widescreen (1.78:1).

Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Morrison, Toni.; Nobel Prize winners; African American women novelists; African American women poets;

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A quiet passion [videorecording] / by Bailey, Catherine,1980-actor.; Bell, Emma,1986-actor.; Boulter, Roy,1964-film producer.; Carradine, Keith,1949-actor.; Davies, Terence,1945-screenwriter,film director.; Di Ciaula, Pia,editor of moving image work.; Duff, Duncan,1964-actor.; Ehle, Jennifer,1969-actor.; Hoffmeister, Florian,1970-director of photography.; May, Jodhi,1975-actor.; Nixon, Cynthia,actor.; Papadopoulos, Solon,film producer.; Double Dutch International,presenter.; Gibson & MacLeod (Firm),presenter.; Hurricane Films,production company.; Indomitable Entertainment,presenter.; Music Box Films,publisher.; Potemkino (Firm),production company.; Scope Pictures (Firm),production company.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),presenter.; TVA Films (Firm),film distributor.; WeatherVane Productions,presenter.;

Editor, Pia Di Ciaula ; director of photography, Florian Hoffmeister.Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Jodhi May, Catherine Bailey, Emma Bell, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine.Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson, personifying the biting wit and staunch independence of the great American poet, who would not be recognized until after her death. Revered British director Terence Davies exquisitely evokes the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of the period with which Dickinson struggled before finding transcendence in her poetry.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886; Women poets, American;

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The break / by Vermette, Katherena,1977-author.;

From Governor General Award-winning Metis poet and author of 'North End Love Songs', which was selected for Manitoba's provincial book club, comes a powerful intergenerational family saga showcasing Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature. For readers of 'Birdie', Louise Erdrich and Joseph Boyden. Vermette lives in Winnipeg, MB. Print Run: 15,000 CDN

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Métis women; Métis;

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Ants among elephants : an untouchable family and the making of modern India / by Gidla, Sujatha,1963-;

"The stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary. Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Canadian missionaries in the 1930s, making it possible for Gidla to attend elite schools and move to America at the age of twenty-six. It was only then that she saw how extraordinary--and yet how typical--her family history truly was. Her mother, Manjula, and uncles Satyam and Carey were born in the last days of British colonial rule. They grew up in a world marked by poverty and injustice, but also full of possibility. In the slums where they lived, everyone had a political side, and rallies, agitations, and arrests were commonplace. The Independence movement promised freedom. Yet for untouchables and other poor and working people, little changed. Satyam, the eldest, switched allegiance to the Communist Party. Gidla recounts his incredible life--how he became a famous poet, student, labor organizer, and founder of a left-wing guerrilla movement. And Gidla charts her mother's battles with caste and women's oppression. Page by page, Gidla takes us into a complicated, close-knit family as they desperately strive for a decent life and a more just society. A moving portrait of love, hardship, and struggle, Ants Among Elephants is also that rare thing: a personal history of modern India told from the bottom up"--Provided by publisher.LSC

Subjects: Gidla, Sujatha, 1963-; Gidla, Sujatha, 1963-; Dalits; Families; Teachers; Poets, Indic; Revolutionaries; Caste;

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The West Wing. [videorecording] / by Channing, Stockard.; Hill, Dulé.; Janney, Allison.; Lowe, Rob.; Moloney, Janel,1969-; Schiff, Richard,1959-; Sheen, Martin.; Sorkin, Aaron.; Spencer, John,1946-; Whitford, Bradley.; John Wells Productions (Firm); Warner Bros. Television.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Disc 1. Isaac and Ishmael -- Manchester part I -- Manchester part II -- Ways and means -- On the day before -- War crimes -- Gone quiet -- The Indians in the library.Disc 2. The women of Qumar -- Bartlet for America -- H. Con-172 -- 100,000 airplanes -- The two Bartletts -- Night five -- Hartsfield's landing -- Dead Irish writers.Disc 3. The U.S. Poet Laureate -- Stirred -- Enemies foreign and domestic -- The black Vera Wang -- Posse comitatus.Disc 4. Special features.Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford.Storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Bartlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring interviews with former U.S. Presidents and staff.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: United States. President; White House (Washington, D.C.); Presidents; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

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