‘What About Tomorrow?’ is an engaging account of Russian punks through the ages

Fiona Raye ClarkeJuly 25, 2020

What About Tomorrow? An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot Alexander Herbert, 287 pgs, Microcosm Publishing, microscosm....

“Coconut Dreams” nostalgically depicts the complex dynamics of South Asian immigrant families

Fiona Raye ClarkeJanuary 14, 2020

Coconut Dreams Derek Mascarenhas, 264 pgs, Book*hug, bookhugpress.ca, $20 Rajesh might not be the first name you think of for a dragon, but ...

Poetic Vignettes and Nuanced Portrayals of Queerness in ‘Hider/Seeker’

Fiona Raye ClarkeMay 22, 2019

Hider/Seeker Jen Currin, 218 pgs, Anvil Press, anvilpress.com $20 Jen Currin’s debut fiction collection, containing 20 stories, explores themes of reverence...

‘We All Need to Eat’ covers suicide, Jewish identity and queerness

Fiona Raye ClarkeFebruary 13, 2019

We All Need to Eat Alex Leslie, Book*hug, bookthug.ca, $20 We All Need to Eat is a collection of nine linked short stories following the life and family of ...

Recipe for Hate is for readers interested in punk scene, far-right clashes, or a teen mystery

Fiona Raye ClarkeJuly 18, 2018

Recipe for Hate Warren Kinsella, Dundurn Press, dundurn.com, $14.99 Recipe for Hate is a novel set in 1978 Portland, Maine, which is billed as a “festering ...

Black and QTPOC Artists (Re)Claim Space

Fiona Raye ClarkeSeptember 29, 2017

“It's easier to program and create things when you don’t have to worry about what someone thinks about what you’re doing in their space,” says Karen Carter of B...

Book Review: Ethereal Voices

Fiona Raye ClarkeMay 24, 2017

Ethereal Voices: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems, Shona Jabang, , lulu.com, $20.76 E   Ethereal Voices: A Collection of Short Stories ...

Book Review: Chronicles of Zauba’ah

Fiona Raye ClarkeApril 19, 2016

Chronicles of Zauba’ah, Tosin Coker, N9neformation, N9neformation.com Chronicles of Zauba’ah contains the epic Afro-futuristic sci-fi tale of Zauba’ah, ...

Book Review: Extra Illicit Sonnets

Fiona Raye ClarkeApril 12, 2016

Extra Illicit Sonnets, George Elliot Clarke, Exile Editions, exileeditions.com, $18.95 Extra Illicit Sonnets is a book of poetry of various forms, centri...

Book Review: Resilience and Triumph

Fiona Raye ClarkeMarch 21, 2016

Resilience and Triumph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories, The Book Project Collective, Second Story Press, secondstorypress.ca, $24.95 Resilience and Tri...

Book Review: Threadbare

Fiona Raye ClarkeFebruary 16, 2016

Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking  Anne Elizabeth Moore and Ladydrawers, Microcosm Publishing, microcosmpublishing.com, $13.95  According to Threadb...