Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 238, 2019, Rescaling CanLit: Global Readings Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Laura Moss Associate Editors: Nicholas Bradley (Reviews), Glenn Deer (Reviews), Kevin McNeilly (Reviews) Assistant Editors: Phinder Dulai (Poetry), Sarah Henzi (Francophone Writing), Brendan McCormack Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959-1977), W. H. New (1977-1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995-2003), Laurie Ricou (2003-2007), Margery Fee (2007-2015) Editorial Board Alison Calder University of Manitoba Lily Cho York University Carrie Dawson Dalhousie University Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kit Dobson Mount Royal University Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Helen Gilbert University of London Faye Hammill University of Glasgow Lucie Hotte University of Ottawa Smaro Kamboureli University of Toronto Ric Knowles University of Guelph Christopher Lee University of British Columbia Linda Morra Bishop’s University Lianne Moyes Université de Montréal Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Vanja Polic´ University of Zagreb Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Deanna Reder Simon Fraser University Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Gillian Roberts University of Nottingham Sherry Simon Concordia University Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Karina Vernon University of Toronto Lorraine York McMaster University Editorial Eva Darias-Beautell Rescaling CanLit: Global Readings 6 Articles Hsiu-chuan Lee Writing, History, and Music in Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Conversation with Madeleine Thien 13 Simona Bertacco Rescaling Robert Kroetsch: A Reading across Communities, Borders, and Practices 30 Articles, continued Anna Branach-Kallas Trauma Plots: Reading Contemporary Canadian First World War Fiction in a Comparative Perspective 47 Ana María Fraile-Marcos “Who’s going to look after the river?” Water and the Ethics of Care in Thomas King’s The Back of the Turtle 66 Andrea King and Kristiana Karathanassis Language and Loss in Michel Rabagliati’s Paul à Québec and Sarah Leavitt’s Tangles 84 Poems Catherine Owen 12 John Donlan 65 Chris Johnson 29 Shane Neilson 83 Jake Kennedy 46 Sherry Johnson 101 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Maria Campbell 105 Angie Abdou 103 Adam Carlson 173 David Alexander 104 Keith Thor Carlson 134 Taress Alexis 149 Daniel Castillo Durante 129 Jennifer Anderson 141 Aidan Chafe 135 Kim Anderson 105 Denis Combet 137 Cameron Anstee 107 Mary Corkery 120 Marianne Apostolides 109 Glen Sean Coulthard 162 Benjamin Authers 110 Vanessa Courville 126 Joel Baetz 111 Carole David 135 Chris Bailey 175 Dian Day 135 Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette 113 Nora Decter 138 Joelle Barron 114 Rosanna Deerchild 139 Brian Bartlett 116 Michael Dennis 121 Andrew Battershill 118 Adebe DeRango-Adem 140 Derek Beaulieu 119 Georges Desmeules 126 Christi Belcourt 105 Arianne Des Rochers 162 Samantha Bernstein 120 Marc di Saverio 157 George Bowering 121 Gabriel Dumont 137 Alex Boyd 122 Catherine Ego 160 Kate Braid 123 Jenny Ellison 141 bpNichol 119 Sheila Fischman 166 Dionne Brand 124 Naomi Fontaine 142 Ariane Brun del Re 126 William Frame 132 Carol Bruneau 127 Patrick Friesen 121 Sarah Brunet Dragon 129 David Gaertner 145 Brian Busby 130 Alex Gauthier 162 Sharon Butala 131 Christian Giguère 144 Jenna Butler 132 Aaron Giovannone 107 Heather Cadsby 107 Ariel Gordon 139 Books in Review, continued Brett Josef Grubisic 131 Mathieu Simard 126 Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe 145 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 162 Liz Harmer 146 Maïté Snauwaert 110 Cole Harris 147 Dani Spinosa 164 Evangeline Holtz Schramek 152 Isabelle St-Amand 105 Shelley Hrdlitschka 138 George Stanley 121 David Huebert 127 Pablo Strauss 149 Nasser Hussain 124 Imre Szeman 173 Marilyn James 149 Caroline Szpak 123 Jim Johnstone 150 Mallory Tater 114 Natasha Kanapé Fontaine 151 Timothy Taylor 165 Donna Kane 152 Matthew Tierney 104 Basma Kavanagh 120 Tyler Toews 149 Penn Kemp 151 Dania Tomlinson 166 Isabelle Kirouac Massicotte 126 Michel Tremblay 166 Chelene Knight 152 Aaron Tucker 167 Aurélie Lacassagne 137 David Turgeon 149 Dany Laferrière 153 Michael Turner 169 Daniel Laforest 110 Kathleen Venema 170 Christiane Lahaie 126 Steve Venright 171 Catherine Lalonde 142 Paul Vermeersch 169 Vincent Lambert 153 George F. Walker 172 Tiziana La Melia 140 Gilmour Walker 156 Catherine Lavarenne 142 Laura Walker 132 Curtis LeBlanc 114 Alison Watt 167 Lazer Lederhendler 113 Gillian Wigmore 103 Catherine Leroux 113 Sheena Wilson 173 Norman Levine 155 Sheri-D Wilson 175 Tess Liem 149 Donald Winkler 135, 157 Tracey Lindberg 160 John Sutton Lutz 134 Reviewers Jeanette Lynes 156 Zachary Abram 127 Tanis MacDonald 139 Joel Baetz 165 Daniel Marshall 147 Emily Ballantyne 155 Carol Matthews 109 Alex Bellemare 144 Catherine Mellinger 109 Gregory Betts 124 Rhonda Mullins 113 Nicole Birch-Bayley 156 Naxaxalhts’i (Albert “Sonny” Myra Bloom 113 McHalsie) 134 Natalie Boldt 146 Émile Nelligan 157 Liza Bolen 129 Pierre Nepveu 157 Marie-Eve Bradette 162 Alden Nowlan 116 Nicholas Bradley 116, 130 Michel Ouellette 158 Sunny Chan 151 Jacques Paquin 153 Tim Conley 175 Fiona Polack 105 Paul Denham 131 Claudine Potvin 159 Joel Deshaye 161 Michèle Rackham Hall 130 Jamie Dopp 141 Shazia Hafiz Ramji 124 Scott Duchesne 172 Anne-Marie Regimbald 162 Margery Fee 105 Al Rempel 152 Ryan Fitzpatrick 150 Aurélie Resch 158 James Gifford 171 François Ricard 160 Patricia Godbout 137 Katherine Ann Roberts 161 Dominique Hétu 126, 166 Ray Robertson 118 Nancy Holmes 103 Linda Rogers 122 Weldon Hunter 164 David M. Schaepe 134 Renée Jackson-Harper 145 Howard Scott 151 Suzanne James 138 Marie-Ève Sévigny 144 Jenny Kerber 166 Books in Review, continued Daniel Laforest 142 Michael Roberson 122 Rebekah Ludolph 135 Laurel Ryan 110 Jessi MacEachern 120 Dani Spinosa 123 Kenneth Meadwell 157 Neil Surkan 104, 114 Dana Medoro 139 Dale Tracy 140 Jean-Sébastien Ménard 160 Véronique Trottier 159 Geordie Miller 118 Hilary Turner 132 Nathaniel G. Moore 149 Nathalie Warren 153 Saghar Najafi 109 Carl Watts 107 Catherine Owen 169 Jeffrey Aaron Weingarten 111 Olivia Pellegrino 170 Bart H. Welling 173 Carl Peters 121 R. J. 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