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Six Ways to Rest and Resist This Season

Six Ways to Rest and Resist This Season

We know that rest is essential for our well-being and for staying grounded in the vital work of resistance and transformation, yet it’s easy to get caught in the whirlwind of constant motion. Room staff and editors shared the following practices to support you in...

Featuring Palestinian Voices, part 6

Featuring Palestinian Voices, part 6

As the year comes to a close, we continue to honour and stand alongside the Palestinian people, who resist the ongoing colonization of their lands, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by “Israel”. In this moment of crucial conversations in “CanLit,” we find it...

Review of Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele

Review of Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele

Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele Invisible Publishing 272 pages $16.95 “The Port Peter peaches lure tourists,” begins Sydney Hegele’s debut novel, Bird Suit, and their hypnotic writing lures readers into this sickly-sweet saga just as effectively. Nestled on the shores of...

Review of I Will Get Up Off Of by Simina Banu

Review of I Will Get Up Off Of by Simina Banu

I Will Get Up Off Of  by Simina Banu Coach House Books 72 pages $24 Following her award-winning debut poetry collection POP, Montreal-based poet Simina Banu’s signature blend of pop culture, illustration, and poignant portrayal of life’s struggles continues in I Will...

Review of Good Want by Domenica Martinello

Review of Good Want by Domenica Martinello

Good Want by Domenica Martinello Coach House Books 109 pages $24 Domenica Martinello’s Good Want lies in the chasms separating good from bad, speech from silence, and faith from disbelief, producing a meditative collection of poems that gets to the core of desire as a...

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Step back with Room into the past, to parents, to childhood homes, and to people once known and loved; dig into themes of grief and healing; and ultimately explore what it means to come full circle in literature.

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