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Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 205, Summer 20 10, Queerly Canadian Guest Edited by Janice Stewart and Laura Moss Published by The 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 (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–2003), Laurie Ricou (2003–2007) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Alison 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 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 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 Janice Stewart Queerly Canadian: Introduction 6 Articles Nancy Kang Ecstasies of the (Un)Loved: The Lesbian Utopianism of Hiromi Goto’s The Kappa Child 13 Susan Billingham Écriture au Trans-féminine: Trish Salah’s Wanting in Arabic 33 Articles, continued Marni Stanley Drawn Out: Identity Politics and the Queer Comics of Leanne Franson and Ariel Schrag 53 L. Chris Fox The Paradise Alms House: Siting Literary Thirdspace in Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night 70 Linda Morra “Vexed by the Crassness of Commerce”: Jane Rule’s Struggle for Literary Integrity and Freedom of Expression 86 Marilyn R. Schuster Jane Rule & Rick Bébout, Private Letters/Public Lives: A Queer Love Story 108 Poems Julie H. Zhu 12 Cyril Dabydeen 85 Zoë Landale 32 Troy Tymofichuk 107 Tikva Hecht 52 Jacob Wren 121 Jesse Patrick Ferguson 69 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Marguerite Andersen 122 Alison Calder 140 Marianne Apostolides 133 Licia Canton 142 Mathieu Arsenault 123 David Carpenter 143 Joshua Auerbach 140 Jodey Castricano 145 Elizabeth Bachinsky 124 Éric Charlebois 146 Natasha Bakht 126 Herménégilde Chiasson 146 Catherine Banks 127 Francine Chicoine 147 Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet 165 Donna Coates 148 Jane Barclay 129 Don Coles 181 John Belshaw 126 Margaret Michèle Cook 164 Holly Blackford 158 Nathalie Cooke 150 David Bouchard 131 James H. Cox 155 Gérard Bouchard 132 Guy Delisle 152 Michael Boughn 124 François Désalliers 123 Pan Bouyoucas 133 Mary Lou Dickinson 142 Joseph Boyden 135 Susan D. Dion 131 Kate Braid 136 Michael Dolzani 153 Leanna Brodie 127 Dymphny Dronyk 140 Lisa Brooks 155 Bonnie Dunlop 142 Susan Butlin 139 Françoise Enguehard 122 Jo-Ann Episkenew 155 Lawrence Schimel 166 Elizabeth Rollins Epperly 158 Andreas Schroeder 186 Christine Evain 160 Ruby Slipperjack 172 Pierre Falardeau 161 Mary Soderstrom 188 Mara Feeney 163 Lee Spinks 192 Patrick Fontaine 164 David Staines 189 Linda Frank 136 George Stanley 173 Lorri Neilsen Glenn 140 Caroline Stellings 129 Celia Godkin 165 Jeremy Stewart 124 Terry Goldie 166 Madeleine Dion Stout 190 Eric Guimond 190 C.J. Taylor 129 Paul Headrick 143 Drew Hayden Taylor 127 David Helwig 143 Betsy Trumpener 182 Andrew Hood 182 Gail Guthrie Valaskakis 190 Elizabeth Kelly 186 Joan Elizabeth von Memerty 192 Ric Knowles 170 Debby Waldman 129 Eva Kuschner 153 Elizabeth Waterston 194 Richard Labonté 166 Shelley Willier 131 Hélène Leclerc 168 Craig S. Womack 135 Jérémie Leduc-Leblanc 168 Benjamin Lefebvre 175 Reviewers Leanne Lieberman 168 Bert Almon 176 Leanore Lieblein 170 Simon Auclair 147 Dianne Linden 172 Sarah Banting 173 Jill MacLean 172 Jes Battis 166 Darlene Madott 142 Gisèle M. Baxter 175 Alice Major 136 Lee Baxter 142 Alberto Manguel 153 Sarika P. Bose 129 Gil McElroy 140 Adeline Caute 164 George McWhirter 173 Jonquil Covello 163 Robert Melançon 147 Joel Deshaye 140 George Melnyk 148 Sofie De Smyter 192 L.M. Montgomery 175 Kit Dobson 132 Farley Mowat 176 Virginie Doucet 123 Bertrand Nayet 168 Alan Filewod 127 John Newlove 181 Alexis Foo 181 Reingard M. Nischik 178, 179 Graham Forst 153 Jean O’Grady 153 Susan Gingell 131 P.K. Page 181 Brenna Clarke Gray 143 Davide Panagia 150 Allison Hargreaves 135 Uma Parameswaran 127 Mark Harris 161 Arleen Paré 136 Susan Hart 139 A.S. Penne 182 Beverley Haun 155 Francesca Piredda 168 Colin Hill 179 Lily Hoy Price 184 Dee Horne 160 Diane Purvey 126 Coral Ann Howells 189 Michel Rabagliati 185 Crystal Hurdle 136 Roberta Rees 186 Madelaine Jacobs 190 Rebecca Rosenblum 182 Maia Joseph 188 Alain Roy 123 Haymen Leong 184 Philip Roy 175 Lucie Lequin 122 Reviewers, continued María Jesús Hernáez Lerena 178 Owen Percy 182 Parie Leung 150 Neil Querengesser 148 Moberley Luger 126 Alex Ramon 186 Jodi Lundgren 133, 168 Candida Rifkind 185 rob mclennan 124 Sean Somers 158 Jean-Sébastien Ménard 168 Christa Zeller Thomas 194 Janice Morris 152 Hilary Turner 165 Vin Nardizzi 170 Gavan P.L. Watson 145 Eric Paul Parent 146 Lynn (J.R.) 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