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Download Full Issue Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 214, Autumn 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), Deena Rymhs (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 Carrie Dawson Dalhousie University Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kristina Fagan Bidwell 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 Linda Morra Bishop’s University 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 Herb Wyile Acadia University Editorial Margery Fee How Anarchist is Canadian Literature? 6 Articles Germaine Warkentin “The Age of Frye”: Dissecting the Anatomy of Criticism, 1957–1966 15 Articles, continued Andrea King Haunting Love in Anne Hébert’s Les fous de Bassan and Mary Novik’s Conceit 31 Joanne Leow Mis-mappings and Mis-duplications: Interdiscursivity and the Poetry of Wayde Compton 47 Ana María Fraile-Marcos Urban Heterotopias and Racialization in Kim Barry Brunhuber’s Kameleon Man 68 Thinking Together: A Forum on Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing Susan Gingell and Deanna Reder Introduction: Indigenizing the “Author Meets Critics” Forum 91 Allison Hargreaves These Shared Truths: Taking Back Our Spirits and the Literary-Critical Practice of Decolonization 94 Daniel Heath Justice Literature, Healing, and the Transformational Imaginary: Thoughts on Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing 101 Kristina Fagan Bidwell What Stories Do: A Response to Episkenew 109 Jo-Ann Episkenew Indigenizing Author Meets Critics: Collaborative Indigenous Literary Scholarship 117 Poems M. Travis Lane 14, 30 Melanie Pierluigi 67 Chris Hutchinson 46, 128 Bill Howell 90 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Martin Löschnigg 129 Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 166 Sophie McCall 175 Lawrence Aronsen 162 Norah McClintock 176 Eugen Banauch 129 David W. McFadden 153 James Bartleman 131 Lesley McKnight 146 Jamie Bastedo 132 Alexander MacLeod 174 Réjean Beaudoin 134 Susan McMaster 167 Sharon Morgan Beckford 135 Kevin McNeilly 177 Frédérique Bernier 136 Kim Moritsugu 146 Andrew Biro 137 Don Morrow 199 Jason Blake 199 Garry Thomas Morse 178 E. D. Blodgett 138 Michell Mulder 176 Stephanie Bolster 139 Ted D. Naylor 142 Brian Busby 141 Mareike Neuhaus 181 Fiona Cameron 142 E. Alex Pierce 139 Mario Cardinal 145 Monique Polak 183 Eleanor Catton 146 Janusz Przychodzen 184 Ying Chen 147 Andrew Pyper 185 Sally Chivers 148 Jennifer Rahim 139 Susan G. Cole 149 Janet Romain 131 Daniel Coleman 150 Jeffery Round 158 Maggie De Vries 152 Chantal Savoie 186 David Donnell 153 Ann Scowcroft 164 Jamie Dopp 199 Bertrand W. Sinclair 188 Susanna Egan 154 George Sipos 189 Pete Enzoe 163 Holden Stoffel 199 Ann Eriksson 132 Todd Swift 167 Louise Flaherty 163 Timothy Taylor 185 Daniel Francis 155 Dave Toms 199 R. Douglas Francis 142 Kevin B. Wamsley 199 Don Gayton 168 Merrily Weisbord 190 Bertrand Gervais 157 Bert Whyte 155 Linda Goyette 131 Rudy Wiebe 191 Hans-Jürgen Greif 157 Mindy Willett 163 Sara Gruen 158 Herb Wyile 192 Hervé Guay 160 Michael Nicholl Yahgulanaas 132 Joan Houston Hall 160 Terence Young 174 Larry Hannant 155 Jamie Zeppa 183 Amy Lavender Harris 162 Richard Harrison 199 Reviewers Tomson Highway 163 Stella Algoo-Baksh 190 Nairne Holtz 149 Douglas Barbour 153 Inge Israel 164 Gisèle M. Baxter 183 Evan Jones 167 David Beaudin-Gagné 157 Basil Johnston 166 Emmanuel Bouchard 134 Smaro Kamboureli 150 Alison Calder 168 Ibi Kaslik 163 Kathryn Carter 174 Frances W. Kaye 168 Karen Charleson 131 Sarah Kenderdine 142 Nathalie Cooke 150 Trilby Kent 176 Sébastien Couvrette 145 Rosalind Kerr 149 Mark Diotte 188 Sheema Khan 199 Josephine Dolan 148 Sergio Kokis 169 Kate Douglas 154 Dany Laferrière 171 Renate Eigenbrod 175 Stephen Legault 132 Alexis Foo 164 Richard Lemm 164 Patricia Godbout 141 Yan Li 172 Mark Harris 171 E. Dianne Looker 142 Dee Horne 163 Maria Löschnigg 129 Suzanne James 176 Krzysztof Jarosz 169 Margaret Noori 166 Maia Joseph 162 Owen Percy 158 Karl Jirgens 142 T. K. 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