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The Spirits Have Nothing to Do with Us: New Chinese Canadian Fiction
Par Lydia Kwa, Sheung-King, Eddy Tan, Bingji Ye, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Isabella Wang, Yilin Wang, Sam Cheuk, Anna Kaye. 2023
Tabula rasa: Volume 1
Par John McPhee. 2023
Over seven decades, John McPhee has set a standard for literary nonfiction. Assaying mountain ranges, bark canoes, experimental aircraft, the…
Swiss Army, geophysical hot spots, ocean shipping, shad fishing, and dissident art in the Soviet Union, among myriad other subjects, he has consistently written narrative pieces of immaculate design. In Tabula Rasa, McPhee looks back at his career from the vantage point of his desk drawer, reflecting wryly upon projects he began but never completed or published. Collected and augmented, these pieces form a "reminiscent montage" of a writing life. This volume includes, among other things, a frosty encounter with Thornton Wilder, interrogative dinners with Henry Luce, glimpses of the allure of western Spain, fireworks over the East River as seen from Malcolm Forbes's yacht, the evolving inclinations of the Tower of Pisa, the islands in the river delta of central California, teaching in a pandemic, and persuading The New Yorker to publish an entire book on oranges. The result is a fresh survey of McPhee's singular planetChronique d'un temps fou (Lettres libres)
Par Véronique Dassas. 2023
La journaliste Véronique Dassas est une observatrice assidue des temps fous qui sont les nôtres. Rien n'échappe à son regard…
sur le monde qu'elle aime et châtie bien. Elle explore les chemins qu'emprunte la contestation pour faire bifurquer l'histoire, elle s'intéresse aux migrants arrivés en Italie, rescapés d'une traversée infernale, elle brocarde les cafouillages politiques que la pandémie a révélés, et elle poursuit son réquisitoire contre les guerres occidentales. En cours de route, elle témoigne son admiration pour des personnalités qu'elle a fréquentées, dans la vie ou dans les livres: Réjean Ducharme, Marie-Claire Blais, Henri Michaux, John Berger, Primo Levi, la bande à BaaderLoger à la même adresse (Réparation)
Par Gabrielle Anctil. 2023
Dans la perspective de la crise écologique, ainsi que des crises sociales multiples liées à l'appauvrissement de la classe moyenne,…
à l'inversion de la pyramide d'âge, à l'isolement des personnes vivant seules, on ne résoudra pas la crise du logement uniquement en bâtissant de nouvelles habitations, parce que l'enjeu est plus complexe qu'un simple manque de pieds carrés. Il faut l'aborder aussi en imaginant un mieux-vivre ensemble, une façon d'enrichir notre mode de vie par la force du groupe, par l'incroyable richesse de la vie en communautéLa candeur du patriarche
Par Gilles Archambault. 2023
"L'homme arrive novice à chaque âge de la vie", écrit Chamfort. Telle est la maxime que suit Gilles Archambault, qui…
se fait ici le chroniqueur d'un temps que nous refusons bien souvent de regarder en face, celui de la grande vieillesse. Avec une autodérision qui n'appartient qu'à lui et une candeur qui a tout de la franchise, il pose son regard sur ces petits moments qui, au crépuscule, sont tout ce qui subsiste d'une vie longuement vécueThe mysterious bookshop presents the best mystery stories of the year 2023
Par Amor Towles. 2023
Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffrey Deaver, and T.…
C. Boyle. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, New York Times bestseller Amor Towles has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. The volume also contains a "bonus story" selected from the bookshop's rare book room, featuring a look into the history of this illustrious genreArbres (Blanche)
Par Jacques Prévert. 1976
Le rêve du dauphin: essai
Par Jacques Madelaine. 2002
Navigateur et pilote d'avion dans ses loisirs, le Docteur Jacques Madelaine obtient son doctorat de la Faculté de Médecine de…
NANCY en 1973. Médecin généraliste en Vendée pendant 13 ans, il ouvre en 1985, au Canada, dans la Péninsule acadienne, une clinique de médecine holiste, en plus d'enseigner la sophrologie à l'Université de Moncton. Ses voyages et ses recherches le conduisent à explorer le monde fabuleux des dauphins. Ce sont ses découvertes qu'il nous propose de partager avec lui dans cet essai.Haïti parmi les vivants
Par Sarah Berrouet. 2010
« Certains des auteurs qui interviennent ici ont écrit dans l'immédiateté du séisme qui a ravagé Haïti le 12 janvier…
2010. D'autres, dans les semaines suivantes, ont voulu révéler (parfois à demi-mot) l'impact de cette catastrophe dans leur vie, leur imaginaire, leur citoyenneté, leur identité. Ensemble, ces témoignages publiés à chaud par Le Point et ces textes de création ne prétendent rien d'autre qu'exprimer une nécessité : Haïti parmi les vivants... » -- 4e de couvL'épopée de Antar
Par Gustave Rouger. 2006
"L'épopée d'Antar occupe une place unique dans la littérature arabe. Célèbre dans tout l'Orient, telle jadis l'Iliade en Grèce, ce…
poème s'est perpétué à travers les âges par la bouche de nombreux conteurs de profession. [...] Né d'un émir et d'une esclave noire prise dans une razzia, Antar doit vaincre tous les préjugés de la naissance et de la couleur. Bâtard, esclave et noir, mais doué d'une prodigieuse vigueur, d'une vaillance à toute épreuve, d'une éloquence forte et sauvage, d'un sens de liberté et d'une générosité sans limites, poussé par un amour chevaleresque pour sa cousine Abla, il parvient, à force de prouesses, à triompher de toutes les résistances, se fait reconnaître par son père, et, admis aux rang des nobles, épouse celle qu'il aime et devient le premier de sa tribu, qui est la première parmi les nomades de l'Arabie." -- 4e de couvThe black joy project
Par Kleaver Cruz. 2023
The perfect holiday gift for the book lover, art enthusiast and freedom fighter in your life A breathtaking and necessary…
love letter to a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, The Black Joy Project is Humans of New York meets The Black Book "A patchwork quilt of ... moments of triumph, antidotes to trauma narratives and rich, ebullient emotional and verbal spice for the soul." – Michael W. Twitty, culinary and cultural historian, and author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul "In literature, there are some books that transcend mere pages and ink, becoming essential pieces of cultural expression. One such book poised to make its mark is The Black Joy Project.... This ambitious work breaks new ground." – Essence Black Joy is everywhere. From the bustling streets of Lagos to hip-hop blasting through apartment windows in the Bronx. From the wide-open coastal desert of Namibia to the lush slopes of Jamaica's Blue Mountains. From the thriving tradition of Candomblé in Bahia to the innovative and trendsetting styles of Soweto, and beyond, Black Joy is present in every place that Black people exist. Now—at last—is a one-of-a-kind celebration of this truth and a life-giving testament to one of the most essential forces that fuels Black life: The Black Joy Project. International in the scale, fist-raising in the prose, and chockfull of gorgeous works by dozens of acclaimed artists, The Black Joy Project does what no other book has ever done. It puts joy on the same track as protest and resistance ... because that is how life is actually lived. Uprisings in the street, with music as accompaniment. Heartbreaking funerals followed by second line parades. Microaggressions in the office, then coming home to a warm hug and a garden of lilacs. The list goes on. Black Joy is always held in tension with broader systemic wounds. It is a powerful, historically important salve that allows us to keep going and reimagine new ways of being. The Black Joy Project captures these dual realities to incredible, unforgettable effect. The brainchild of educator and activist Kleaver Cruz, The Black Joy Project is an extension of a real-world initiative of the same name. It has become a source of healing and regeneration for Black people of all backgrounds and identities. Long overdue and somehow still worth the wait, The Black Joy Project is a necessary addition for any book lover, art enthusiast, or freedom fighter. And begs the question, What does Black Joy mean to you?For more than thirty years Elton Miles, a past President of the Texas Folklore Society, has been collecting the stories…
and legends that spring from the unique Big Bend lifestyle. This volume includes never-before-published tales, variations on familiar legends, local border corridos, folk poems and other regional lore. AdultThe letters of Thom Gunn
Par Thom Gunn. 2022
"|The Letters of Thom Gunn| presents the first complete portrait of the private life, reflections, and relationships of a maverick…
figure in the history of British and American poetry. "I write about love, I write about friendship," remarked Thom Gunn: "I find that they are absolutely intertwined." These core values permeate his correspondence with friends, family, lovers, and fellow poets, and shed new light on "one of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century" (Hugh Haughton, The Times Literary Supplement). |The Letters of Thom Gunn|, edited by August Kleinzahler, Michael Nott, and Clive Wilmer, reveals the evolution of Gunn's work and illuminates the fascinating life that informed his poems: his struggle to come to terms with his mother's suicide; his changing relationship with his life partner, Mike Kitay; the LSD trips that led to his celebrated collection Moly (1971); and the deaths of friends from AIDS that inspired the powerful, unsparing elegies of The Man with Night Sweats (1992)." -- Provided by publisherKiss me again
Par Lisa Jackson, Lori Foster, Suzanne Forster, Debbie Macomber. 2005
Four short stories about women who find love in different ways. In "The Marrying Kind" by Debbie Macomber, Jason Ingram…
meets his first true love a few days before his wedding. In "The Brass Ring" by Lisa Jackson, Dr. Shawna McGuire's fiancé has amnesia. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Posterity: letters of great Americans to their children
Par Dorie McCullough Lawson. 2004
Presents parental messages of advice, wisdom, humor, and affection from authors, explorers, presidents, inventors, and soldiers. Includes Carl Sandburg, Theodore…
Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, George Patton, Woody Guthrie, Abigail Adams, and Eleanor Roosevelt among others. Grouped by general theme, the selections span four centuries and are introduced with contextual commentary. 2004A continual feast: words of comfort and celebration collected by Father Tim
Par Jan Karon. 2005
Words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement, as well as lively ideas, humor, commonsense advice, and more, that fictional Father Tim…
of Mitford has collected over the years from writers, philosophers, and the Bible. Companion to Patches of Godlight (DB 61575). 2005Screams from the dark: 29 tales of monsters and the monstrous
Par Ellen Datlow. 2022
"|Screams From the Dark| is a chilling anthology featuring 29 all-original tales of monsters from bestselling and award-winning authors, edited…
by Ellen Datlow, one of the top editors in horror. From werewolves and vampires, to demons and aliens, the monster is one of the most recognizable figures in horror. But what makes something, or someone, monstrous? In |Screams From the Dark|, award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw, and Gemma Files attempt to answer this question. These stories run the gamut from traditional to modern, from mainstream to literary, from familiar monsters to the unknown and unimaginable. This bone-chilling collection has something to please-and spook-everyone, so lock your doors, turn off your lights, and try not to scream. Contributors include: Ian Rogers, Fran Wilde, Gemma Files, Daryl Gregory, Priya Sharma, Brian Hodge, Joyce Carol Oates, Indrapramit Das, Siobhan Carroll, Richard Kadrey, Norman Partridge, Garry Kilworth, Caitli´n R. Kiernan, Chikodili Emelumadu, Glen Hirshberg, A. C. Wise, Stephen Graham Jones, Kaaron Warren, Livia Llewellyn, Carole Johnstone, Margo Lanagan, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Evenson, Nathan Ballingrud, Cassandra Khaw, Laird Barron, Kristi DeMeester, Jeffrey Ford, and John Langan." -- Provided by publisherWonderlands: essays on the life of literature
Par Charles Baxter. 2022
Charles Baxter's new collection of essays, Wonderlands, joins his other works of nonfiction, Burning Down the House and The Art…
of Subtext. In the mold of those books, Baxter shares years of wisdom and reflection on what makes fiction work. Amid these craft essays, an interlude of two personal essays, the story of a horrifying car crash and an introspective "letter to a young poet" add to the intimate nature of the book. The final essay reflects on a lifetime of writing, and closes with a memorable image of Baxter as a boy, waiting at the window for a parent who never arrives and filling that absence with stories. Wonderlands will stand alongside his prior work as an insightful and lasting work of criticism. UnratedMachine of death: a collection of stories about people who know how they will die
Par Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, David Malki. 2010
Machine of Death tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears…
jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprise. Because even when people have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out. Adult. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Some violence and strong languageWho would I be if my father had been someone else? This startling and beautiful book is a valiant attempt…
to answer this universal and searching question. The subjects of this book are revealed in essays of 350 words and illustrated with contemporary and archival photos of their fathers. Adult