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Jennifer Gossoo

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Burma Media Event

Once while living in Burma (now Myanmar), Goran Simic and his brother, whose father was the Serbian ambassador, were stopped by rebels on their way to the international school in Yangon. They were hauled out of their diplomatic Mercedes limousine and forced at gunpoint to witness the beheading, at the side of the road, of a uniformed Myanmar government official.

Ginger Ngo

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Strathcona

That is how one shows true love

Susan Crean

Reviews

The Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations

The Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations by Dara Culhane (Talonbooks) is the book for anyone who wants to understand the Delga-muukw decision—how it happened, what it means and why the Supreme Court ruling last December has frea

Finnian Burnett

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Rejoice in His Name

He shreds the envelope until Sarah becomes arah, then rah, then nothing

Guy Elston

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Marooned

The heat and the stars, everywhere

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CM Wain

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COVID Cryptid

I'd step onto the boat and watch all my suffering recede into the horizon

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Notes & Dispatches from EMILY MOORE, SAGE TYRTLE, IAN ROY, and JESS HOUSTY; New fiction by ALEX LESLIE; Feature essays from KATE REIDER COLLINS and NIKKI CELIS; Poetry by JADE RIORDAN and ERIN VOSTERS; and much more!

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