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        On Beauty

        On Beauty

        stories

        by rob mclennan

        ISBN: 9781772127690

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 22, 2024

        204 Pages

        On Beauty is a provocative collection of vignettes revolving around the small chasms and large craters of everyday life.
        Rubble Children

        Rubble Children

        Seven and a Half Stories

        by Aaron Kreuter

        ISBN: 9781772127720

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: July 2, 2024

        232 Pages

        In seven-and-a-half interlinked stories, Aaron Kreuter’s Rubble Children tackles Jewish belonging, settler colonialism, Zionism and anti-Zionism, love requited and unrequited, and cannabis culture, all drenched in suburban wonder and dread.

        This Is How You Start to Disappear

        This Is How You Start to Disappear

        by Astrid Blodgett

        ISBN: 9781772127133

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 11, 2023

        264 Pages

        Tension-filled short stories that show all the heartbreaking ways we evolve when coping with change or trauma.
        We Have Never Lived On Earth

        We Have Never Lived On Earth

        by Kasia Van Schaik

        ISBN: 9781772126280

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: October 1, 2022

        184 Pages

        Balancing an ambivalent relationship to the past, and fear and hope for the future, Kasia Van Schaik's portraits of female interiority, immigrant identity, dislocation, and desire trace the transitions from girlhood to adulthood, grappling with the struggle to understand what it means to live on earth.
        You Look Good for Your Age

        You Look Good for Your Age

        An Anthology

        Edited by Rona Altrows

        ISBN: 9781772125320

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: May 3, 2021

        312 Pages

        With wit and wisdom, women writers challenge ageism through essays, short stories, and poetry.
        The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories

        The Left-Handed Dinner Party and Other Stories

        by Myrl Coulter

        ISBN: 9781772123289

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: September 18, 2017

        224 Pages

        Contemporary Canadian short fiction about perplexing family secrets and the haunting consequences of loss.
        Annie Muktuk and Other Stories

        Annie Muktuk and Other Stories

        by Norma Dunning

        ISBN: 9781772122978

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: June 6, 2017

        198 Pages

        Fifteen Inuit stories portray the unvarnished realities of northern life via strong and gritty characters.
        Rising Abruptly

        Rising Abruptly

        Stories

        by Gisèle Villeneuve

        ISBN: 9781772122619

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: July 6, 2016

        216 Pages

        Seven enigmatic and compelling stories about the myth and mystery of mountains.
        Will not forget both laughter and tears

        Will not forget both laughter and tears

        by Tomoko Mitani

        Translated by Yukari F. Meldrum

        Introduction by Yukari F. Meldrum

        Illustrated by Tomoko Mitani

        ISBN: 9780888645449

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: December 10, 2013

        232 Pages

        Japanese “private writer” bridges gap between traditional and pop cultures with stories of the ordinary.
        You Haven’t Changed a Bit

        You Haven’t Changed a Bit

        Stories

        by Astrid Blodgett

        ISBN: 9780888646446

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: April 17, 2013

        184 Pages

        Full-fledged characters positively crackle in the deliciously realistic situations of these thirteen short stories.
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