V6a
Writing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Published on 4. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-55152-462-7 (ISBN)
Description
Stories, essays and poems about life in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Canada's most impoverished neighborhood.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55152-462-7 (9781551524627)
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Persons
John Mikhail Asfour: John Mikhail Asfour is the author of four poetry collections, the most recent of which is Blindfold (McGill-Queen's University Press).
Elee Kraljii Gardiner: Elee Kraljii Gardiner directs Thursdays Writing Collective in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Elee Kraljii Gardiner: Elee Kraljii Gardiner directs Thursdays Writing Collective in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Content
Foreword by Gary Geddes
x Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
15 Phoenix Winter, Savour the Taste
17 Anne Hopkinson, The Eight-Year-Olds
22 Brenda Prince, Dance Lightly
24 Madeleine Thien, The Fire Before
32 Stephen Lytton, A Child's Plea
33 John Barry, Distant Traffic in Postcards
39 Don Macdonald, An Old Spook and His Coyote
42 Muriel Marjorie, 16
44 Cathleen With, Super Phat Angel Baby
52 Antonette Rea, High-track, Low-track
55 Don Larson, Disposable
58 Elisabeth Buchanan, Evolution
59 Daggar Earnshaw, Wine and Doorbells
61 Jonina Kirton, immaterial; unbroken chain; velvet
68 Sen Yi, Painter and Lover
85 Angela Gallant, Elementals
87 Rachel Rose, I Might Be Nothing
89 Elaine Woo, Ma; Ride Along East Hastings from the Patricia Hotel to Woodward's
95 Lorren Stewart, A Little Girl Fight
97 James McLean, Breakfast With Wordsworth; Creative Thinking
99 Kevin Spenst, Stapler
101 Robyn Livingstone, Compass
102 Gisele LeMire, Clear
103 Lora McElhinney, Disappearing Act
110 Patrick Foley, Watermelon; I Know That Sound
114 Wayde Compton, Seven Routes to Hogan's Alley: 2. A Home
120 Irit Shimrat, Milonoa
122 Albert Flett, Poem #1
123 Henry Doyle, Death Isn't Lonely; Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski; Broken Key
128 Michael Turner, 441 Powell
132 Daniel Zomparelli, GTL or Gym Tan Laundry; Vancouver Sunrise
135 My Name Is Scot, Skid Road (Establishing Footage)
140 Credits
142 About the Contributors
149 About the Editors
x Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
15 Phoenix Winter, Savour the Taste
17 Anne Hopkinson, The Eight-Year-Olds
22 Brenda Prince, Dance Lightly
24 Madeleine Thien, The Fire Before
32 Stephen Lytton, A Child's Plea
33 John Barry, Distant Traffic in Postcards
39 Don Macdonald, An Old Spook and His Coyote
42 Muriel Marjorie, 16
44 Cathleen With, Super Phat Angel Baby
52 Antonette Rea, High-track, Low-track
55 Don Larson, Disposable
58 Elisabeth Buchanan, Evolution
59 Daggar Earnshaw, Wine and Doorbells
61 Jonina Kirton, immaterial; unbroken chain; velvet
68 Sen Yi, Painter and Lover
85 Angela Gallant, Elementals
87 Rachel Rose, I Might Be Nothing
89 Elaine Woo, Ma; Ride Along East Hastings from the Patricia Hotel to Woodward's
95 Lorren Stewart, A Little Girl Fight
97 James McLean, Breakfast With Wordsworth; Creative Thinking
99 Kevin Spenst, Stapler
101 Robyn Livingstone, Compass
102 Gisele LeMire, Clear
103 Lora McElhinney, Disappearing Act
110 Patrick Foley, Watermelon; I Know That Sound
114 Wayde Compton, Seven Routes to Hogan's Alley: 2. A Home
120 Irit Shimrat, Milonoa
122 Albert Flett, Poem #1
123 Henry Doyle, Death Isn't Lonely; Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski; Broken Key
128 Michael Turner, 441 Powell
132 Daniel Zomparelli, GTL or Gym Tan Laundry; Vancouver Sunrise
135 My Name Is Scot, Skid Road (Establishing Footage)
140 Credits
142 About the Contributors
149 About the Editors