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Matt’s Weekly Reads, September 24, 2022
Spotlight: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy || Reads in honour of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30): Me Funny, Resurgence: Engaging with Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions in and beyond the Classroom, Think Indigenous, As We Have Always Done, Siha Tooskin Knows… || Weekly Roundup: The Hacienda, The Night Gardener, Other Birds,…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, September 17, 2022
Spotlight: Red at the Bone || Reads in honour of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30) Native Wisdom, Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance Through Alliance, Making Love with the Land, Blanket Toss under Midnight Sun || Weekly Roundup: Less is Lost, Lucy by the Sea, The Geek Who Saved Christmas, Women…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, September 10, 2022
Spotlight: My Government Means to Kill Me || Readings in honour of Canada’s National Day of Truth & Reconciliation : Red Paint, The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World, Resurgence and Reconciliation, Claiming Anishinaabe || Weekly Roundup: Much Ado about You, Euphoria, Shine Bright, The Lost Duke of Wyndham, The Earth Moved,…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, September 3, 2022
Spotlight: Haven || Reading in honour of Canada’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (September 30): Be a Good Ancestor, Pathways of Reconciliation || Weekly Roundup: The Holiday Trap, Scott Pilgrim (Vol. 1-6), Sunny Rolls the Dice, Empathy Works, The Dead Romantics, Akata Woman, Meet Cute Club, Resilient Grieving
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Reads for the Head and Heart, August 2022
Spotlight: The Contemplative Tarot || Monthly Roundup: In the Shelter, A Curious Faith, Spiritual Places, Resilient Grieving, The Key to Inclusion, Pathways of Reconciliation, Rewild Yourself, The Purpose Path, The Gift
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, August 27, 2022
Spotlight: The Kaiju Preservation Society | Weekly Roundup: A Walk in the Woods, The All of It, A Seditious Affair, The Purpose Path, The Dragon’s Bride, Rewild Yourself, The Layover, A Universe from Nothing, In Deeper Waters
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, August 20, 2022
Spotlight: Thunder through my Veins, Gregory Scofield (1999) || Weekly Roundup: The Maid; In a New York Minute; The Key to Inclusion; In; The Sorcerer of the North; The Candymakers; Switch
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From the Backlist: Astonishing the Gods
Astonishing the Gods, Ben Okri (1995) When I first read this book in 2004 at the recommendation of my mentor in grad school, I was immediately enchanted by the vivid and mysterious world Ben Okri created. At the time it seemed that Astonishing the Gods was destined to be a modern classic, but it seems…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, August 13, 2022
Spotlight This Time Tomorrow, Emma Straub (2022) On the cusp of turning forty, Alice’s life is good enough but filled with regrets about following the path of least resistance in life — not getting her dad to quit smoking, not telling her highschool crush how she felt, and staying at the entry-level job she got…
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