Ten Canadian Writers in Context (Robert Kroetsch Series) - Softcover

Winfried Siemerling; Marie Carrière; Lawrence Hill; Daniel Laforest; Alice Major; Don Perkins; Julie Rodgers; Joseph Pivato; Marina Endicott; Gregory Scofield; Caterina Edwards; Pamela Sing; Curtis Gillespie; Jason Purcell; Lynn Coady; Ying Chen; Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 177212141X ISBN 13: 9781772121414

Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 2016

Synopsis

Ten years, ten authors, ten critics. The Canadian Literature Centre/Centre de littérature canadienne reached into its Brown Bag Lunch Reading Series to present a sampling of some of the most diverse and powerful voices in contemporary Canadian literature from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Each piece is accompanied by a concise critical essay addressing the author's writerly preoccupations and practices. The literary selections and essays will be of interest to engaged readers who want direction in analyzing these authors' work as well as to teachers and students of Canadian literature. The readings in English and in French have been recorded, and can be seen and heard in a digital archive titled Inside the Bag: Can Lit Alive! Authors: Ying Chen, Lynn Coady, Michael Crummey, Caterina Edwards, Marina Endicott, Lawrence Hill, Alice Major, Eden Robinson, Gregory Scofield, Kim Thúy Essayists: Jennifer Delisle, Kit Dobson, Daniel Laforest, Don Perkins, Joseph Pivato, Julie Rodgers, Winfried Siemerling, Pamela Sing, Maïté Snauwaert, Angela Van Essen

About this title

About the Authors

Marie Carrière is Professor of English and Vice-Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous literatures, feminism, care ethics, and environmental criticism.

Curtis Gillespie is the author of five books, including the memoirs Almost There and Playing Through and the novel Crown Shyness. He has won or been nominated for a variety of awards for his books including the Danuta Gleed Award, the Henry Kreisel Award and the MacEwan Prize. He is the recipient of seven National Magazine Awards from twenty nominations for his writing on science, politics, sports, travel and the arts, including a record-tying four awards in 2014. In 2010, he co-founded the narrative journalism magazine Eighteen Bridges, which he also edits. In addition to his own writing, he has worked with many of Canada’s best writers as an editor, teacher and mentor at the University of Alberta, the Banff Centre for the Arts and Eighteen Bridges.

Jason Purcell is a graduate student at the University of Alberta in the Department of English and Film Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 177212141X
• ISBN 13: 9781772121414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208