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Bear

Bear by Marian Engel

December 19, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Fishwives. Fishwidows. And we all set out to be mermaids. ― Marian Engel, Bear The world was furred with late spring snow. It was the soft, thick stuff that excites you unless you are driving or half dead, packing snow already falling in caterpillars off the greening branches. ― Marian Engel, Bear This is the story of a woman who sequesters herself in a remote area of Ontario, Canada, to catalog an estate bequeathed to the Canadian government. In her isolation, she finds herself, breaking […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winner, bestiality, Canada, Canadian history, European expansion, feminism, isolation, Marian Engel, pioneers, Speculative Fiction, the new world, women's fiction

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winner, bestiality, Canada, Canadian history, European expansion, feminism, isolation, Marian Engel, pioneers, Speculative Fiction, the new world, women's fiction ·
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laughing to keep from crying

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

April 28, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

A book to make you howl with both laughter and fury, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem gushes with humor, outrage, determination, and life. Kliph Nesteroff has worked with a large and knowledgeable team to document the past, track the current, and look towards the future of Native American comedy. Framed around a beloved punchline from Charlie Hill, the first Native American comedian to be featured on The Tonight Show, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, is both a knee-slapper and a heart-breaker. I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrianne Chalepah, American History, audio, Canadian history, Charlie Hill, Indigenous Peoples, Jackie Keliiaa, Jana Schmieding, Joey Clift, Jonny Roberts, Kliph Nesteroff, Native Ladies of Comedy, native voices, Race, read by the author, Show Business, standup comedy, The 1491s, Will Rogers

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:37 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrianne Chalepah, American History, audio, Canadian history, Charlie Hill, Indigenous Peoples, Jackie Keliiaa, Jana Schmieding, Joey Clift, Jonny Roberts, Kliph Nesteroff, Native Ladies of Comedy, native voices, Race, read by the author, Show Business, standup comedy, The 1491s, Will Rogers ·
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Ms. Desmond, you’re the wrong color to be sitting there

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner

February 12, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is not a 5 because it is the best book ever. It is very good, but it is not my favorite book. However, it is a 5 because it is talking about history in a time, place and about a gender we donot hear a lot about. We learn about a woman of color who sat down for her rights and the rights of every black Canadian. And in a way, she stood up (by sitting) for people of color everywhere. To see a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Black History, Canadian history, civil rights, Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki, Viola Desmond, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Black History, Canadian history, civil rights, Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki, Viola Desmond, Women's History ·
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