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Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number "#", Autumn "##$, Sport and the Athletic Body Published by !e University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Laura Moss (Reviews), Glenn Deer (Reviews), Larissa Lai (Poetry), Réjean Beaudoin (Francophone Writing), Judy Brown (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (%$&$–%$''), W.H. New (%$''–%$$&), Eva-Marie Kröller (%$$&–"##(), Laurie Ricou ("##(–"##') Editorial Board Heinz Antor Universität zu Köln Allison Calder University of Manitoba Kristina Fagan University of Saskatchewan Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatoon 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 Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College 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 Laurie Ricou !inking Tremolo and Back)ip % Articles Michael Buma Soccer and the City: !e Unwieldy National in Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For !" Suzanne Zelazo Sport as Living Language: bpNichol and the Bodily Poetics of the Elite Triathlete #$ Articles, continued Joel Baetz Cricket Matters: !e English Game and Rohinton Mistry’s Tales from Firozsha Baag )$ Katherine Sutherland Girl Power/Grand Prix: Sex, Speed, and the Motorcycle Racer %% Sally Chivers Ordinary People: Reading the TransCanadian Terry Fox *$ Poems Susan McCaslin !! Fred Wah '& Dennis Cooley "*, (* Renee Rodin &) Priscila Uppal %) Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Diane Giguère !!" Andre Alexis &% Andrew Gow !"' Margaret Atwood !"! +éa Gray !"( Brian Bartlett !!% Les Green !#" Lise Bizzoni &' Brigitte Haentjens !!# Marie-Claire Blais && Olaf Hanson !"' Yves Boisvert !$! Kenneth J. Harvey !!( Hervé Bouchard !#( Cara Hedley !!* George Bowering !$! Ron Hotchkiss !$* Ellen Chapco !"$ Margot Irvine !!) Herménégilde Chiasson !$" Pierre Karch !!) Margaret Christakos !"( A.L. Karras !"' Nicole Côté !"$ Patrick Lane !!% Colleen Craig !$# Arlene Lampert !"( Pierre Crépeau !$( Shari Lapeña !!* Craig Davidson !$' Monika Lee !"( Richard C. Davis !"' Melanie Little !!% d’bi.young.anitafrika !$) Jeanette Lynes !!& Claudia Dey !!* Annabel Lyon !$# Peter Dorrington !"$ Jean Mitchell !#$ Anne Dublin !$* Clément Moisan !"$ Marina Endicott !#% Motion !$) Cary Fagan !$# Erín Mouré !") Musharraf Ali Farooqi !$& A. Mary Murphy !"! Célyne Fortin !!! Barbara Nickel !") Alma Fullerton !!$ Réal Ouellet !"# Maude Smith Gagnon !!! Joanne Page !"( P. K . Pag e !"( V i r g i n i e D o u c e t !#( Elise Partridge !") Paul Genuist !!), !"# Raymond Murray Patterson !"' Stéphane Girard !$( Sheila Petty !"$ Paul Huebener !"' Dany Plourde !"& Anne L. Kaufman !$! Cécile Prévost-+omas &' Martin Kuester !$' Julie Rak !"' Maurice Lamothe &' Diane Régimbald !!! Jodi Lundgren !!* Mary Henley Rubio !#$ Julia Morris- Paul Savoie !"& von Luczenbacher !!" Kathryn E. Shoemaker !!$ Barbara Pell &% Raymond Souster !#" Summer Pervez !$& Denis +ériault !#( Laurent Poliquin !!# Louis-Jean +ibault !#( Antje M. Rauwerda !"! Alan Twigg !#) Laurie Ricou !#) Fred Wah !") Kelly-Anne Riess !!& Samantha Warwick !#% Jason Ranon Uri Rotstein !") Irene N. Watts !!$ Ralph Sarkonak && Joanne Weber !"! Darlene Shatford !!% Cathleen With !$# Sean Somers !#$ Reece Steinberg !!( Reviewers Émilie +éorêt !"& Ariane Audet !!! Ariane Tremblay !$" Lee Baxter !#% Hilary Turner !!$ Emmanuel Bouchard !#( Daniel Vaillancourt !!) Marlene Briggs !#" Emily Wall !"( Jorge Calderón !"$ Lynn (J.R.) Wytenbroek !$# T.L. Cowan !$) Kinga Zawada !$! Karen Crossley !$* Opinions and Notes Priscila Uppal Aesthetics of Sport: Or, Why I Started Diving and Figure Skating !#* Michael Peterman Hockey Dreams: !e Importance of ‘!e Game’ !(! 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Question ( was “What is the greatest bene*t of physical activity?” !ey are probably still puzzling over my ready answer: “It fosters an ability to appre- ciate poetry.” “Oh,” they said smiling demurely, “that’s a good answer.” Just before the shy questioners appeared, I’d been reading and re-reading Robert Kroetsch’s “Listening to the Radio: For Michael Ondaatje.” Kroetsch recreates a time when “Hockey Night in Canada” was pure sound, sound only, and the poetry of hockey was only a listening. Listening is an imagin- ing. What we hear when we pause