https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/issue/feedCanadian Literature2024-04-30T10:17:34-07:00Journal Assistant, Canadian Literaturecan.lit@ubc.caOpen Journal Systems<p>Welcome to <em>Canadian Literature</em>’s submissions portal.</p>https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196858Transition2022-02-17T22:50:46-08:00Jamella Hagenjamellahagen@gmail.com<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/transition/">https://canlit.ca/article/transition/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196874Second-hand Albums2022-02-25T02:26:44-08:00Steve Noyessnoyes@vanisle.net<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/second-hand-albums/">https://canlit.ca/article/second-hand-albums/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196909Open-hearted Acupuncture2022-03-09T10:35:07-08:00Melanie Pierluigimelvaughn@yahoo.com<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/open-hearted-acupuncture/">https://canlit.ca/article/open-hearted-acupuncture/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197048Object Permanence2022-04-08T08:31:44-07:00Manahil Bandukwalambandukw@uwaterloo.ca<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/object-permanence/">https://canlit.ca/article/object-permanence/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197276We don't know yet how we got our eyes2022-05-31T13:50:31-07:00Rocco de Giacomoroccodg@gmail.com<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/we-don't-know-yet-how-we-got-our-eyes/">https://canlit.ca/article/we-don't-know-yet-how-we-got-our-eyes/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197107A City Most at Home in the Rain2022-04-22T11:09:31-07:00Tom Waymanappledor@netidea.com<p>Read the full poem on <em>Canadian Literature</em>'s website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/a-city-most-at-home-in-the-rain/">https://canlit.ca/article/a-city-most-at-home-in-the-rain/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/198701Reader's Forum2023-09-19T13:19:35-07:00Kit Dobsonkit.dobson1@ucalgary.ca<p>A forum on Literary Diversities. Read the full contributions on our <em>Canadian Literature</em> website:</p> <p>Kit Dobson's "Introduction" (pp. 137-140)</p> <p>Tathagata Som's "Literary Studies and Global Biodiversity Discourses: Points of Engagement" (pp. 140-143)</p> <p>Sarah Wylie Krotz's "Lichening" (pp. 143-147)</p> <p>Jordan Abel's "Dad Era" (pp. 148-152)</p> <p>Nicholas Bradley's "On Slowing Down" (pp. 152-157)</p> <p>Shazia Hafiz Ramji's "Poem with Real and Fake Plants" (pp. 157-158)</p> <p>Stephanie Oliver's "'Literary Biodiversity and You!': Restorying Biodiversity Through Bitumen" (pp. 158-163)</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196221“A Particular Wonky Elegance”2021-10-19T07:28:45-07:00David Huebertdavidbhuebert@gmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196255Flow and Flight2021-10-29T09:18:19-07:00Rachel Fernandes18rf@queensu.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2022 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196267Innocence Lost and Found2021-11-02T10:11:47-07:00Heather Macfarlaneheather.macfarlane@queensu.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196269Witty and Environmentally Attuned2021-11-03T14:32:58-07:00Ginny Ratsoygratsoy@tru.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2022 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196273Illusions and Made-Up Truths2021-11-04T18:03:50-07:00Shannon Lodoensmlodoen@uwaterloo.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196275How Much Happens in a Year2021-11-05T08:42:35-07:00J. A. Weingartenjweingarten@fanshawec.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197589Women's Time2022-10-14T16:20:50-07:00Kelly Baronk.whitehead@mail.utoronto.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196315Whose Canada Is This?2021-11-16T10:37:45-08:00Sylvie Vranckxsylvievranckx@gmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196325Small Frye and Great2021-11-19T14:14:50-08:00Nicholas Bradleyn.bradley@uvic.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196395Impossibility of Return2021-11-21T16:56:05-08:00Sunny Chansunny6chan@gmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196419Why Marry? Read Instead2021-11-22T13:00:34-08:00Tim Conleyawethorrorty@hotmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196396Particular Selves2021-11-22T21:32:36-08:00Paisley ConradPaisleyconrad@gmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196441Emetic, Bouquet, Galaxy2021-11-22T16:38:44-08:00Julian Gunnjlgunn@uvic.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196418From Universal to Intersectional2021-11-22T14:06:15-08:00Jodi Lundgrenjlundgren@tru.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196328Speed and Syntax2021-11-20T13:28:59-08:00Geoffrey Nilsongeoffnilson@gmail.com<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196442Suicide Is among Us (And So Is Theory)2021-11-22T16:55:26-08:00Valerie Uhervuher@uwaterloo.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196447An "Epic" Fail?2021-11-24T08:00:42-08:00Tracy Whalent.whalen@uwinnipeg.ca<p>To access this issue's reviews, please visit <a href="https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255">https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=255</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197380“The Trick Is That the Dancing and Singing Are Unrepeatable”2022-07-10T12:46:47-07:00Kelly Baronk.whitehead@mail.utoronto.ca<p><span style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.666667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">In Ann-Marie MacDonald’s </span><em style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.666667px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Fall on Your Knees, </em><span style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.666667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">intergenerational memory is depicted through a number of mediums: photos, music, film, and performances. Materia becomes a pianist for a vaudeville group during WW1, and her daughter, Frances, becomes a performer at a speak-easy after Materia’s suicide. Both women use music in their performances in a way that is highly experimental but also dialectical, in which the subject performing the improvisations later becomes defined by such improvisations, allowing Frances to develop a persona that connects her to her mother after Materia's death. In this article, I show how these different elements of media are able to contribute to ongoing discussions of intergenerational memories of trauma through an analysis of Frances Piper.</span></p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/198421“The False Fronts Haven’t Seen the Prairie”2023-07-06T16:16:03-07:00Naava Smolashnaava.smolash@gmail.com<p>This paper proposes that the famous representations of land in Sinclair Ross' canonical Canadian novel <em>As for Me and My House</em> are shaped much more than has previously been surmised by the unspoken subtext of colonization. Rereading <em>As for Me and My House</em> in juxtaposition with the rich accounts of the life of the prairie in Maria Campbell's <em>Halfbreed</em>, listening to the voices of Indigenous scholars such as Campbell, Emma LaRocque, Deanna Reder, and Janice Acoose, lends new significance to the stark physical disconnect between town and land in Ross' novel, and reveals the pull of the narrator’s senses against her settler consciousness. For while early canonical interpretations viewed the land as incomprehensible, “an indifferent wilderness, where we may have no meaning at all” (Ross 141), the knowledge that Okanagan elder and matriarch Jeannette Armstrong shares might allow readers to understand, instead, that “the land constantly speaks” (178).</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/196001For Whom Does the Water Flow?2021-08-17T14:47:20-07:00Pierre-Luc Landrypierreluclandry@uvic.caZishad Lakzlak081@uottawa.ca<p>In Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau’s Blue Bear Woman, water of the storied region—James Bay, or Eeyou Istchee as the Îyiyû (Cree) people knows it—is part of profound relationships between human and other-than-human. In our paper, we examine how Pésémapéo Bordeleau’s novel and the narrator’s voyage back to her Indigenous territory are narratives of water connected to the flooding and the devastating impact of their redirection on the territory and Îyiyû peoplehood; we study the (re)mapping of Eeyou Istchee by the settler state as it is mediated by fiction—understood as an extension of Indigenous storytelling and oral tradition. The protagonist of Blue Bear Woman resignifies water and provides grounds to understand how water is politically and aesthetically linked to culture, spirituality, and Indigenous peoplehood in more than one way.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197072Theory Is Not a Luxury: Literary Studies, Sociology, and Minoritarian Critique2022-04-14T11:38:49-07:00Jade Crimson Rose Da Costajdacost5@yorku.ca<p>This article makes a case for bringing Literary Studies and Sociology together to theorize the intersections of race, Indigeneity, gender, and sexuality. Anchored in Audre Lorde’s claim “poetry is not a luxury,” I demonstrate how the logics conveyed in sociological concepts of gender and sexuality can just as easily be conveyed in poetry, and that non-white gender and sexual minorities, or “minoritarian subjects” (Muñoz), have often turned to poetry for this reason. I argue that sociologists’ refusal to recognize poetry’s analytical potential serves to limit their analyses of gender and sexuality to the white supremacist roots of the discipline. I explore the works of two "Canada"-based writers: Joshua Whitehead, a two-spirit Indigiqueer, and Trish Salah, an Arab Canadian trans woman. My analysis is framed around two popular queer and trans of colour theoretics: disidentification and monstrosity and designed to show that poetry and social theory are one in the same.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/197608Black Heterotopic Space in M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong!2022-10-26T14:56:06-07:00Andy Weaveraweaver@yorku.ca<p style="font-weight: 400;">This article examines M. NourbeSe Philip’s <em>Zong!</em> in relation to the system of equivalencies that the poem enacts in order to challenge the legal and linguistic underpinnings of the transatlantic slave trade. The challenges that <em>Zong!</em> offers both create and require the type of heterotopic alternative spaces theorized by Michel Foucault in his Preface to <em>The Order of Things</em>. These heterotopic spaces require that the reader maintain an attitude of experiential engagement with the text rather than a desire to know—and master—it. The article ends by arguing that Philip’s poem also illustrates that Foucault unwittingly maintained a problematically naïve, colonial attitude towards heterotopias.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literaturehttps://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/199278Methods, Objects, Fields2024-03-01T12:15:52-08:00Christine Kimcl.editor@ubc.ca<p>Read Christine Kim's full editorial, "Methods, Objects, Fields," on our <em>Canadian Literature</em> website at <a href="https://canlit.ca/article/methods,-objects,-fields/">https://canlit.ca/article/methods,-objects,-fields/</a>.</p>2024-04-29T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Canadian Literature