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Uppal, Priscila of Toronto is a poet, fiction writer, memoirist, essayist, playwright, and Professor of English at York University. Among her publications: poetry, Sabotage, Traumatology, and Ontological Necessities (Griffin Poetry Prize finalist); the novels The Divine Economy of Salvation and To Whom It May Concern; the memoir Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother (Writers’ Trust Hilary Weston Prize and Governor General’s Award finalist); the collection of short stories Cover Before Striking and the play 6 Essential Questions. She was the first poet-in-residence for Canadian Athletes Now during the 2010 Vancouver and 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games. Her second play, What Linda Said, recently had its World Premiere at SummerWorks. For more information visit priscilauppal.ca
Wallin, Myna of Toronto has two published books: a collection of poetry, A Thousand Profane Pieces, and the novel Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar – longlisted for the ReLit Award in 2010. Her poetry has won Honourable Mentions in both the CV2 2-Day Best Poem Prize 2009, and in the Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem 2010. A poem of hers hung at the AGO in a 2014 exhibit entitled, “Why (Not) Paintings of Poets?”
White, Karen Lee of Victoria, is an Indigenous writer and playwright living on “the rock’” (Vancouver Island), British Columbia. In 2017, she was awarded a Hnatyshyn Foundation REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award. Her short stories and poetry have been published in a Manitoba textbook, ezines, magazines and literary journals, and a body of work includes the cd of her music, Dance Away.
Wood, Heather J. of Toronto is the author of the novels Fortune Cookie and Roll With it, and is the World Fantasy Award nominated editor of the Gods, Memes and Monsters anthology.
Zolf, Larry, was born in Winnipeg and settled in Toronto. He was, for all of his adult life, a national presence: as a reporter, television personality, raconteur, gadfly, pundit among the punditti, stand-up comedian, friend and pal to several prime ministers and as many low-lifes. He was by his own declaration The Schnozz, the Prince of the Proboscis. In other words, he lived and died by his nose for a good story, whether it was fact or fiction, anecdote or leak for attribution. His last book, published just before he died, was a memoir, The Dialectical Dancer, with an introduction by Peter C. Newman. He died in 2010.
The Editor
Meyer, Bruce of Barrie, Ontario, is the author and co-author, or editor of more than sixty books of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, literary journalism, and portrait photography. His broadcasts on The Great Books were heard nationally on the CBC and were followed by The Golden Thread: A Reader’s Journey Through the Great Books. He was the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie where he teaches at Georgian College, and at Victoria College in the University of Toronto.
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Aislin (Terry Mosher)
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Alexandre Amprimoz
“Saint Augustine” is from Too Many Popes, Exile Editions, 1990. Copyright the Estate of Alexamdre Amprimoz. Reprinted by permission of Exile Editions. All rights reserved.
Bob Armstrong
“Undelivered Letters Home” is copyright Bob Armstrong, 2017. First time published by permission of Bob Armstrong.
Margaret Atwood
“Salome Was a Dancer” (with accompanying drawing by Margaret Atwood), “King Log in Exile” and “It’s Not Easy Being Half-Divine” are from the collection The Tent, by Margaret Atwood – copyright 2006, O.W. Toad Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author and McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. All rights reserved.
Andrew Borkowski
“The Lesson” is from the collection Copernicus Avenue, by Andrew J. Borkowski, published by Cormorant Books, Toronto, copyright 2011, Andrew J. Borkowski. Reprinted with the permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.
Marsha Boulton
“The Championship Season” is from Letters from Across the Country, McArthur & Company, 1999. Copyright and reprinted by permission of Marsha Boulton. All rights reserved.
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Austin Clarke
“Doing Right” is excerpted from Choosing His Coffin: The Best Stories of Austin Clarke, Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003. Copyright and reprinted by permission of the Estate of Austin Clarke. All rights reserved.
Anne Dandurand
“Psyche from Here” was originally published in French, in the collection L’Assassin de l’intérieur/Diables d’espoir, XYZ éditeur, 1988. The English translation is excerpted from Deathly Delights, Véhicule Press, 1991. Copyright and reprinted by permission of Anne Dandurand. All rights reserved.
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Jacques Ferron
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Steven Hayward
“August 7, 1921” is excerpted from Buddha Stevens and Other Stories, Exile Editions, 2000. Copyright Steven Hayward. Reprinted by permission of Exile Editions. All rights reserved.
Louise Maheux-Forcher
“The Carnation” is excerpted from En toute lettres, 1980. Copyright and reprinted by permission of Sally Livingston. All rights reserved.
Helen Marshall
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Mark Paterson
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Gail Prussky
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Paul Quarrington
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Linda Rogers
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Leon Rooke
“Critics’ Take on the Premier Showing of Tank’s Documentary of the Closing Eye,” “Narcissistic Eb and Lucky Flo,” “Peculiar Practices in Alberta (Possibly Related to the Oil Boom)” are from Fabulous Fictions & Peculiar Practices, The Porcupine’s Quill, 2016. Copyright Leon Rooke. Reprinted by permission of The Porcupine’s Quill. All rights reserved.
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Gloria Sawai
“That Day I Sat Down with Jesus on the Sun Deck and a Wind Came Up and Blew My Kimono Open and He Saw My Breasts” is excerpted from A Song for Nettie Johnson, Coteau Books, 2001. Copyright and reprinted by permission of the Estate of Gloria Sawai. All rights reserved.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The editor and the publisher thank the following individuals for their time and efforts in bringing this anthology to fruition: Betty Bednarski, Patrick Crean, Darcy Ballantyne, Marsha Boulton, Betty Clarke, Darlene Madott, Marc Côté, Alice Major, Karen Wetmore, Marilyn DiFlorio, Nina Callaghan, Peter Budd, Dana Francoeur, Lawrence Wong, Alicia Dercole, Kerry Johnston, and Katie Meyer – and to Corey Redekop who initiated the process. A special thank you to all who demonstrated the grace that is the hallmark of good humour that made this book possible.
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THE EXILE BOOK OF ANTHOLOGY SERIES ONE TO FOURTEEN
20 CANADIAN POETS TAKE ON THE WORLD
EDITED BY PRISCILA UPPAL
A groundbreaking multilingual collection promoting a global poetic consciousness, thisvol-ume presents the works of 20 international poets, all in their original languages, alongside English translations by some of Canada's most esteemed poets. Spanning several time peri-ods and more than a dozen nations, this compendium paints a truly unique portrait of cul-tures, nationalities, and eras."
Canadian poets featured are Oana Avasilichioaei, Ken Babstock, Christian Bök, Dionne Brand, Nicole Brossard, Barry Callaghan, George Elliott Clarke, Geoffrey Cook, Rishma Dunlop, Steven Heighton, Christopher Doda, Andréa Jarmai, Evan Jones, Sonnet L’Abbé, A.F. Moritz, Erín Moure, Goran Simic, Priscila Uppal, Paul Vermeersch, and Darren Wershler, translating the works of Nobel laureates, classic favourites, and more, including Jan-Willem Anker, Her-man de Coninck, María Elena Cruz Varela, Kiki Dimoula, George Faludy, Horace, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Pablo Neruda, Chus Pato, Ezra Pound, Alexander Pushkin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Elisa Sampedrín, Leopold Staff, Nichita St˘anescu, Stevan Tonti´c, Ko Un, and Andrei Voznesensky. Each translating poet provides an introduction to their work.
CANADIAN SPORTS STORIES
EDITED BY PRISCILA UPPAL
"This anthology collects a wide range of Canada’s literary imaginations, telling great stories about the wild and fascinating world of sport… Written by both men and women, the gen-erations of insights provided in this collection expose some of the most intimate details of sports and sporting life – the hard-earned victories, and the sometimes inevitable tragedies. You will get to know those who play the game, as well as those who watch it, coach it, write about it, dream about it, live and die by it."
“Most of the stories weren’t so much about sports per se than they were a study of per-sonalities and how they react to or deal with extreme situations…all were worth reading” —4/5 Star Review, goodreads.com
Clarke Blaise, George Bowering, Dionne Brand, Barry Callaghan, Morley Callaghan, Roch Carrier, Matt Cohen, Craig Davidson, Brian Fawcett, Katherine Govier, Steven Heighton, Mark Jarman, W.P. Kinsella, Stephen Leacock, L.M. Montgomery, Susanna Moodie, Margaret Pigeon, Mordecai Richler, Priscila Uppal, Guy Vanderhaeghe, and more.
CANADIAN DOG STORIES
EDITED BY RICHARD TELEKY
Spanning from the 1800s to 2005, and featuring exceptional short stories from 28 of Canada's most prominent fiction writers, this unique anthology explores the nature of the human-dog bond through writing from both the nation's earliest storytellerssuch as Ernest Thompson Seton, L. M. Montgomery, and Stephen Leacockand a younger generation that includes Lynn Coady and Matt Shaw. Not simply sentimental tales about noble dogs doing heroic deeds, these stories represent the rich, complex, and mysterious bond between dogs and humans. Adventure and drama, heartfelt encounters and nostalgia, sharp-edged satire, and even fantasy make up the genres in this memorable collection.
“Twenty-eight exceptional dog tales by some of Canada’s most notable fiction writers…The stories run the breadth of adventure, drama, satire, and even fantasy, and will appeal to dog lovers on both sides of the [Canada/U.S.] border.” —Modern Dog Magazine
Marie-Claire Blais, Barry Callaghan, Morley Callaghan, Lynn Coady, Mazo de la Roche, Jacques Ferron, Mavis Gallant, Douglas Glover, Katherine Govier, Kenneth J. Harvey, E. Pauline Johnson, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Alistair Macleod, L.M. Montgomery, P.K. Page, Charles G.D. Roberts, Leon Rooke, Jane Rule, Duncan Campbell Scott, Timothy Taylor, Sheila Watson, Ethel Wilson, and more.
NATIVE CANADIAN FICTION AND DRAMA
EDITED BY DANIEL DAVID MOSES
The work of men and women of many tribal affiliations, this collection is a wide-ranging anthology of contemporary Native Canadian literature. Deep emotions and life-shaking crises converge and display the Aboriginal concerns regarding various topics, including iden-tity, family, community, caste, gender, nature, betrayal, and war. A fascinating compilation of stories and plays, this account fosters cross-cultural understanding and presents the Native Canadian writers reinvention of traditional material and their invention of a modern life that is authentic. It is perfect for courses on short fiction or general symposium teaching mate-rial.
