Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 224, Spring 215, Queer Frontiers Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Stephen Collis (Poetry), Glenn Deer (Reviews), Kathryn Grafton (CanLit Guides), Daniel Laforest (Francophone Writing), Laura Moss (Reviews), Karis Shearer (Reviews) Assistant Editor: Tiffany Johnstone (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 Kristina Fagan Bidwell University of Saskatchewan Alison Calder University of Manitoba Carrie Dawson Dalhousie University Cecily Devereux University of Alberta 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 Lucie Hotte University of Ottawa Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Toronto 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 Konstanz 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 Guest Editors: Jorge Calderón et Domenic A. Beneventi Frontières queers : Hétérotopies, lieux/non-lieux et espaces frontaliers 6 Articles Libe García Zarranz Necropolitical Assemblages and Cross-Border Ethics in Hiromi Goto’s Darkest Light 17 Articles, continued Nicole Côté Nathanaël, ou l’étrange art du déplacement : Le Carnet de somme et son apatride traversée de frontières 33 Shannon Maguire Parasite Poetics: Noise and Queer Hospitality in Erín Moure’s O Cidadán 47 Kevin Shaw Ekphrastic Drag: Temporal Transgressions in John Barton’s West of Darkness: Emily Carr: A Self-Portrait 65 Tina Northrup Aesthetics of the Sublime and Don McKay’s Poetics of Deep Time 83 Poems Michael V. Smith 16, 64 Samantha Carey 82 Jon Flieger 32 Tom Wayman 100 Taryn Hubbard 46 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Patricia Demers 141 Angie Abdou 102 Margaret Duley 120 Christopher Adams 103 Louise Dupré 121 Chris Andersen 103 Alain Farah 122 David Arnason 106 Katherine Fawcett 120 Ken Babstock 107 Jason Guriel 123 Gary Barwin 107 Michael Harris 124 Doug Beardsley 108 Brenda Hasiuk 118 Étienne Beaulieu 109 Warren Heiti 133 Greg Bechtel 106 Hubert 126 Darren Bifford 133 Chris Hutchinson 116 Sadhu Binning 111 Kazuo Ishiguro 127 George Bowering 112 Jim Johnstone 115 Tim Bowling 113 Melissa Morelli Lacroix 128 Marie Carrière 141 Patrick Lane 113 Anne Carson 115 Lori Lansens 102 Richard Cavell 116 Doretta Lau 102 Kate Cayley 118 Alexandra Legat 116 Austin Clarke 144 Alex Leslie 128 Don Coles 115 Christopher Levenson 108 Gregg Dahl 103 Michael Lista 123 Isabelle Daunais 118 J. B. MacKinnon 129 Susan Marshall 131 Reviewers Emily Masty 131 Alex Bellemare 137 Seymour Mayne 133 Thierry Bissonnette 136 Nellie L. McClung 134 Liza Bolen 121 David W. McFadden 108 Alison Calder 112 Don McKay 135 Anne Caumartin 118 Robert Melançon 136 Gillian Dunks 120 William S. Messier 137 Alicia Fahey 141 K. D. Miller 139 Alana Fletcher 134 Susanna Moodie 134 Andre Furlani 124 Maria Mutch 129 Beverley Haun 118 Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk 131 McKinley Hellenes 129 Cecily Nicholson 140 Dee Horne 127 Ruth Panofsky 146 Madelaine Jacobs 131 Arleen Paré 123 Suzanne James 126 Ian Peach 103 Daniel Laforest 109, 122 Michael A. Peterman 134 Dorothy F. Lane 111 Joseph Pivato 141 Maude Lapierre 116 Joanne Poon 148 Amanda Leslie-Spinks 139 Beth Powning 129 Sarah MacKenzie 103 Raziel Reid 126 Andrea MacPherson 102 Claire Holden Rothman 112 Travis V. Mason 135 Ingrid Ruthig 146 Kevin McNeilly 108, 123 Vivek Shraya 143 Philip Miletic 107 Winfried Siemerling 144 Tina Northrup 133, 143 Catriona Strang 140 Catherine Owen 113 Shawn Syms 106 Owen Percy 146 David Turgeon 121 Michael Roberson 140 Padma Viswanathan 111 Jason Rotstein 115 Miriam Waddington 146 Tina Trigg 106, 128 Rudy Wiebe 112 Paul Watkins 144 Anne Wilkinson 146 Ziyan Yang 148 Kathleen Winter 139 Bill Wong 148 Rita Wong 140 Jan Zwicky 128, 133 Opinions and Notes Julian Gunn A Portable Frontier: Two Gender-Divergent Navigations of Western Canada 150 Jennifer MacLatchy Lesbian Rangers on a Queer Frontier 156 Robin Ridington Got Any Grapes?: Reading Thomas King’s The Back of the Turtle 163 Canadian Literature, a peer-reviewed journal, welcomes original, unpublished submissions of articles, interviews, and other commentaries relating to writers and writing in Canada and of previously unpublished poems by Canadian writers. The journal does not publish fiction. 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Beneventi En 1967, Michel Foucault a présenté une communication intitulée « Espaces autres » au Cercle d’études architecturales. Dans cette communication, Foucault développe le concept d’hétérotopies. Ce concept répond aux problèmes d’emplacements et de relations qu’il identifie dans la culture contemporaine. Les réponses qu’il apporte à ces questions de position et de prise de position des individus dans certains endroits précis par rapport à d’autres possibilités offertes par l’espace concret et social qui leur est accessible mettent en évidence l’existence de