An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
By: Cherie Dimaline
4.36
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tal…
Want to Read"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community then had the opportunity to celebrate and hope up. That being great was a gift to your family, your community, and your ancestors."-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community then had the opportunity to celebrate and hope up. That being great was a gift to your family, your community, and your ancestors."-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community than hand the opportunity to celebrate and hold up. That being great was a gift to your family, your community, and your ancestors."-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community than hand the opportunity to celebrate and hold up. That being great was a gift to your family, your community, and your ancestors."-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
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1. The Witchcraft of Salem Village
By: Shirley Jackson
3.80
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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2. Dear Fahrenheit 451: A Librarian's Love Letters and Break-Up Notes to the Books in Her Life
By: Annie Spence
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
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3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
By: Shane Hawk
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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4. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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5. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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- indigenous
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
6. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
7. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
8. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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- nonfiction
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
9. The Future
By: Catherine Leroux
3.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more
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"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
10. And Then She Fell
By: Alicia Elliott
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more
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- mental health
- indigenous
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell
11. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
12. Linghun
By: Ai Jiang
3.96
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more
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"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."-Ai Jiang, Linghun
"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"-Ai Jiang, Linghun
13. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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14. The Circle
By: Katherena Vermette
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more
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15. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
By: Michelle Good
4.44
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more
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- essays
- indigenous
16. The Cure for Drowning
By: Loghan Paylor
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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17. Méduse
By: Martine Desjardins
3.64
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Dès l’enfance, elle apprend à baisser la tête. On l’a sommée d’épargner aux autres la vue de ses Di… read more
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18. Junior High (Tegan and Sara #1)
By: Tegan Quin
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
AN INDIE BESTSELLER From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes a contemporary middle grad… read more
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19. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
By: Kent Monkman
4.31
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- indigenous
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
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21. Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times
By: Jennie Egerdie
4.46
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern pa… read more
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"Time is just the thing that happens between snacks."-Jennie Egerdie, Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times
22. Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories
By: Sarah Coolidge
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist… A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brin… read more
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23. Coexistence: Stories
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.39
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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"That's what love is -- someone else's spirit moving through you. When someone moves through you they leave behind a small trace of human life. It's how we know we're still alive."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories
24. House of Bone and Rain
By: Gabino Iglesias
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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25. Prairie Edge
By: Conor Kerr
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
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26. The Truth According to Ember
By: Danica Nava
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more
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27. An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
By: Cherie Dimaline
4.36
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tal… read more
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- indigenous
- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community then had the opportunity to celebrate and hope …"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community than hand the opportunity to celebrate and hold…"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"The best thing I can give myself as a person who suffers with acute anxiety is unconditional love. And that seems easy to say, but it has been almost impossible to practice. Unconditional —without co…"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
28. She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
4.13
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality… read more
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29. real ones
By: Katherena Vermette
4.10
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more
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30. Indiginerds
By: Alina Pete
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving, and generations of Indigenous kids have gro… read more
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31. Next Time There's a Pandemic
By: Vivek Shraya
3.46
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
"During my first post-lockdown massage we had the requisite chit chat about our lockdown experience… read more
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