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Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 212, Spring 212 Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Judy Brown (Reviews), Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Glenn Deer (Poetry), Laura Moss (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–23), Laurie Ricou (23–27) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Alison Calder University of Manitoba Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kristina Fagan University of Saskatchewan Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Faye Hammill University of Strathclyde Paul Hjartarson University of Alberta Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Lianne Moyes Université de Montréal Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Sherry Simon Concordia University Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Marie Vautier University of Victoria Gillian Whitlock University of Queensland David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Editorial Margery Fee Reading, Writing, Texting 6 Articles Richard Brock Body/Landscape/Art: Ekphrasis and the North in Jane Urquhart’s The Underpainter 11 Laurie Kruk “Double-Voicing” Family in Findley’s Short Fiction: Pinking the Triangle, Drawing the Circle 34 Articles, continued Geoff Martin Pierre Berton, Celebrity, and the Economics of Authenticity 50 Manina Jones Colonial Contracts: Marriage, Rape, and Consent in Malcolm’s Katie 68 Medrie Purdham “Who is the Lord of the World?”: Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers and the Total Vision 86 Cynthia Sugars “Our symbiotic relationship with the stories that we tell”: An Interview with Michael Crummey 105 Poems Clay McCann 33 Shane Rhodes 85 derek beaulieu 49 Gregory Betts 103, 120 Michael Aird 67 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Patrice Desbiens 145 Margaret Avison 122 Ronald Després 146 Simon Awa 124 Antony Di Nardo 164 Claude Beausoleil 125 Emma Donoghue 187 Cara Benson 127 Amatoritsero Ede 159 Nina Berkhout 129 Esi Edugyan 147 Sandra Birdsell 131 Sarah Ellis 149 Michèle Blanchet 152 Marina Endicott 147 Di Brandt 155 Karen Enns 122 Linda Burnett 132 Alan Filewod 150 Maureen Bush 124 Sylvie Maria Filion 152 Andrea Cabajsky 134 Gunilla Florby 134 Fulvio Caccia 162 Carole Gerson 153 Trevor Carolan 136 Sky Gilbert 160 Allan Casey 136 Lorri Neilsen Glenn 127 George Elliott Clarke 138 Elizabeth Greene 155 Annie Cloutier 139 Brett Josef Grubisic 134 Jan L. Coates 141 Michael Healey 169 Trevor Cole 131 Steven Heighton 156 Stephen Collis 142 Tom Henighan 142 Frank Davey 122 Daryl Hine 156 Charles Demers 163 Lucie Hotte 158 Jeff Derksen 144 Ray Hsu 159 Karin Ikas 134 Rebecca Upjohn 124 Rosa Jordan 149 Priscila Uppal 129 Eve Joseph 127 Diane Vincent 139 Debbie Keahey 155 Dianne Warren 186 Kaie Kellough 159 Zachariah Wells 142 M.T. Kelly 156 Michael Winter 187 Kevin Kerr 169 Cathleen With 141 Rosalind Kerr 160 Beryl Young 189 Nancy Kilpatrick 182 Susan Zettell 166 Keira L. Ladner 185 Anna Ziegler 124 Mona Latif-Ghattas 162 Don LePan 163 Reviewers Janis Locas 139 Gisèle M. Baxter 141 Ehab Lotayef 164 Mélanie Bennett 158 Nadine Ltaif 162 Nicholas Bradley 122 Brent MacLaine 180 Daniel Burgoyne 156 Ian McAllister 124 Clint Burnham 163 Stephanie McDonald 124 Alison Calder 131 Barry McKinnon 127 Mélanie Collado 162 Arley McNeney 166 T.L. 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