Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 208, Spring 20 11, Prison Writing 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 (1995–2003), Laurie Ricou (2003–2007) 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 Guest Editors: Roxanne Rimstead and Deena Rymhs Prison Writing/Writing Prison in Canada 6 Articles Alison Toron The Model Prisoner: Reading Confinement in Alias Grace 12 Deena Rymhs On Making The Meaning of Life: An Interview with Hugh Brody 30 Dominic Marion D.A.F. de Sade et Hubert Aquin : le récit au pied du mur 49 Articles, continued Keavy Martin and Sam McKegney Inuvialuit Critical Autobiography and the Carceral Writing of Anthony Apakark Thrasher 65 Stephanie Oliver Diffuse Connections: Smell and Diasporic Subjectivity in Larissa Lai’s Salt Fish Girl 85 Douglas Ivison “It’s no different than anywhere else”: Regionalism, Place, and Popular Culture in Lynn Coady’s Saints of Big Harbour 109 Poems Jon Donlan 29 rob mclennan 84 Chris Ewart 48 Phinder Dulai 108 Changming Yuan 64 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Jean-François Chassay 144 Alison Acheson 185 Herménégilde Chiasson 145 Caroline Adderson 126 Lesley Choyce 182 Valerie Alia 171 Margaret Christakos 157 Catherine Austen 178 David Church 163 Nurjehan Aziz 165 George Elliott Clarke 191 Michael Barnholden 128 Jane Collins-Philippe 155 Pierre Barrette 129 Kevin Connolly 145 Judy Fong Bates 130 Douglas Coupland 126 Marie-Andrée Beaudet 162 Gil Courtemanche 147 Jacques Beaudry 132 Gracia Couturier 148 Jean-Marc Beausoleil 170 Michael Crummey 149 Holly Bennett 178 Michael Davie 151 Marylène Bertrand 134 Arthur Davis 153 Bryan Biggs 134 Martine Delvaux 158 Marie-Claire Blais 135 Kit Dobson 196 Antoine Boisclair 132 Charles Drouin 134 Rana Bose 165 M.A.C. Farrant 141 Randy Bouchard 160 John Paul Fiorentino 151 Tim Bowling 136 Cynthia Flood 141 Stephen R. Bown 138 Nan Forler 155 André Brochu 139 Louise H. Forsyth 157 Rob Budde 192 Raymond Fraser 182 Ronnie Burkett 176 Marie-Noëlle Gagnon 158 Fulvio Caccia 140 Glen Robert Gill 159 David Carpenter 141 Garry Gottfriedson 160 André Carpentier 143 Linda Granfield 155 Maria Caridad Casas 174 Élisabeth Haghebaert 162 Don Hannah 176 Linda Smith 185 Mike Hoolbloom 163 Cordelia Strube 151 Sheila James 165 Cynthia Sugars 194 Paulette Jiles 166 Lamberto Tassinari 140 Dorothy Kennedy 160 Martin Thibault 129 Trilby Kent 198 Helen Tookey 134 Anna Kerz 178 Thomas Trofimuk 184 Theresa Kishkan 168 D.C. Troicuk 141 Lydia Kwa 169 Gerry Turcotte 194 Michaël La Chance 139 Alan Twigg 195 Luc LaRochelle 170 Eleanor Ty 196 Emma LaRocque 171 Paul Tyler 136 Louis-Dominique Lavigne 145 Andrew H. Vanderwal 198 François Leblanc 173 Nancy Vickers 189 Alex Mackenzie 163 Eric Walters 198 Beatrice MacNeil 149 Irene N. Watts 198 Paula C. Madden 174 Zachariah Wells 187 Rabindranath Maharaj 130 George Whipple 192 Greg Malone 149 Marc-Alain Wolf 147 Yann Martel 126 Elana Wolff 157 David W. McFadden 145 Alissa York 168 Andrew Moodie 176 Eva Moran 180 Reviewers Michelle Mulder 178 Veronica Austen 174 Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge 162 Sarah Banting 176 Sandro Natalini 155 Douglas Barbour 145 Lisa de Nikolits 180 Ted Binnema 138 Reingard M. Nischik 181 Sarika P. Bose 178 Alden Nowlan 182 Emmanuel Bouchard 129 Keith Oatley 184 Ghislaine Boulanger 189 Michel Ouellette 148 Kathryn Carter 141 Shane Peacock 185 George Elliott Clarke 153 Soraya Peerbaye 187 Tim Conley 136 Michel Pleau 129 Myrl Coulter 168 Laurent Poliquin 134 Meagan Dallimore 196 Sharron Proulx-Turner 160 Heidi Darroch 166 Bruno Ramirez 140 Susie DeCoste 182 Yvon Rivard 186 Greg Doran 184 Lisa Robertson 145, 187 Virginie Doucet 144 Matt Robinson 187 Geneviève Dufour 143 Henry Roper 153 Graham Forst 159 Laisha Rosnau 191 Andre Furlani 192 Diane-Ischa Ross 189 Stéphane Girard 148 Helen E. Ross 138 Rick Gooding 185 Jacques Rousseau 144 Brett Josef Grubisic 126 Paul-Émile Roy 190 Mark Harris 163 Leslie C. 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