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Vulnerability, Nuance and Finding Your Voice
Writing All The Parts We Exile was as much a journey around finding my “writer’s” voice as it was reckoning with all the shame that had kept me from speaking about my experiences. At times, it felt relieving—joyful, even—and at other times, it felt terrifying. Reading the writing of others became a way to remind myself that vulnerability is scary and something meaningful can come of it. The following were books I read throughout the course of writing and releasing All The Parts We Exile.
Welcoming newcomer students to your classroom
Welcome to Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom, a blog and video series that features new releases from Canadian book publishers ideal for use in K-12 classrooms and school library collections. Throughout the year, we dive into new titles, highlighting relevant curriculum links and themes.
On Our Radar · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
I read this one a month ago, and it's stayed on my mind. With The Immortal Woman, which is out on March 4, Chinese-Canadian debut novelist Su Chang is defying limits with triumph and aplomb, first by fitting 70 years of contemporary Chinese history into 300-some pages through the story of one family.
Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Nonfiction Preview
elseship (March), by Tree Abraham, recounts the year that followed a friendship's confrontation with unrequited love, detailing the beauty and mania of this experience, mapping thought pathways, confessing ugly truths, and treading the edges of eroding territory. Full of joy, honesty, adversity, and great clothes, From the Rez to the Runway (March), by Christian Allaire, is a gripping memoir about how to achieve your dreams—and elevate others—while always remaining true to yourself.
He always followed the sea
At the tender age of seventeen, Serafim left his family home in Kairi on a ship bound for Liverpool, England. It’s not clear why Serafim decided to leave his home, but there were rumours that he had a quarrel with his family. Maybe in the heat of the moment, Serafim defiantly decided to leave and prove to his family that he could make it on his own, as any teenager might do.
Installing artificial turf in Salt Lake County parks is a path to a disaster
The good intention that Salt Lake County has to save water in many public parks with artificial turf is a future path to disaster. Even though it is made to look like grass and you would not think it could be harmful at first sight, let me tell you some facts about artificial turf. Many of the statements in this article come from extensive research that has been performed by others on these "green" alternatives to grass. The infill material used in artificial turf is mainly made of recycled tires.
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