Belcourt, Billy-Ray

Summary: This brilliant new essay collection on grief, colonial violence, joy, love and queerness from the youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize touches upon his personal history and demonstrates the power of words to both devastate and console us.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BEL

Johnson, Rebecca May

Summary: "Cooking is thinking! The spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with serious thought; the path to intellectual fulfilment leads directly out of the kitchen. In this electrifying, innovative memoir, Rebecca May Johnson rewrites...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushkin Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 392.3 JOH

Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

Summary: "True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. This anthology pulls back the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 WEI