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The Best Canadian Essays 2016

edited by Christopher Doda

by (author) Joseph Kertes

Publisher
Tightrope Books
Initial publish date
Dec 2016
Category
Canadian, Essays
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781988040110
    Publish Date
    Dec 2016
    List Price
    $21.95

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Featuring trusted Series editor Christopher Doda and acclaimed guest editor Joseph Kertes, this eighth installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. Culled from leading Canadian magazines and journals, The Best Canadian Essays 2016 contains award-winning and award-nominated nonfiction articles that are topical and engaging and have their finger on the pulse of our contemporary psyches.

About the authors

Christopher Doda is a poet and an award winning critic living in Toronto. His first book of poems, Among Ruins (2001), was released by Mansfield Press; he is an editor at Exile: The Literary Quarterly.

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Joseph Kertes founded Humber College's Creative Writing and Comedy Programs. He was until recently Humber's Dean of Creative and Performing Arts and is a recipient of numerous awards for teaching and innovation. His first novel, Winter Tulips, won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. Boardwalk, his second novel, and two children's books, The Gift and The Red Corduroy Shirt, met with critical acclaim. His novel, Gratitude, won a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His latest novel, The Afterlife of Stars, has been described by Miriam Toews as his "masterpiece" and was named a notable book by the NY Times Book Review. Kertes is the 2017 recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize.

Joseph Kertes' profile page

Editorial Reviews

"A year of good reads, so enjoy! The house of the essay has many mansions and every door here opens onto one worth entering." —Alex Good, Toronto Star

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