{"id":93,"date":"2012-09-21T20:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:31:59","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.6.3 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<div class=\"page-list page-list-ext \">\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/amanda-tripp-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Amanda Tripp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Amanda-Tripp-copy-150x150.jpg\" width=\"80\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Amanda Tripp\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/amanda-tripp-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Amanda Tripp\">Writings \/ Reviews: Amanda Tripp<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Short Fiction Review \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Iron Bridge\r\n by Anton Piatigorsky\r\nGoose Lane Editions\r\n272 pages, $19.95\r\n\r\nIs the seed of future evils planted in children before they have even had a chance to grow? Do tyrants share qualities that are fundamental...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/candace-fertile-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Candace Fertile\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/no_photo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"80\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Candace Fertile\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/candace-fertile-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Candace Fertile\">Writings \/ Reviews: Candace Fertile<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Fiction Reviews \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Harem\r\n by Safia Fazlul,\r\nToronto, ON: TSAR, 2012\r\n180 pp, $20.95\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSafia Fazlul tackles the huge issue of contrasting cultures in her debut novel, The Harem . The narrator and main character, Farina, tries desperately...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/e-e-sule\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: E.E. Sule\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/E.-E.-Sule-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"80\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: E.E. Sule\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/e-e-sule\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: E.E. Sule\">Writings \/ Reviews: E.E. Sule<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Fiction Review \r\nBlood Will Call\r\n by Sola Osofisan\r\nCharleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012\r\n131pp, $10.99\r\n\r\nSola Osofisan\u2019s Blood Will Call  is a 131-page collection of ten short stories. The stories are thematically linked, mainly concerned with the private a...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/george-elliott-clarke-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Georg-Elliot-Clarke-pic-copy-150x129.jpg\" width=\"80\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/george-elliott-clarke-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\">Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Poetry, Biography, Public Discourse and Fiction Reviews \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDistillo\r\n by Basma Kavanagh\r\nKentville, NS: Gaspereau, 2012\r\n96 pp., $20\r\n\r\nDeepwater Vee\r\n by Melanie Siebert\r\nToronto, ON: McClelland &amp; Stewart, 2010\r\n96 pp., $19\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDistillo...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/janet-nicol\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Janet-Nicol-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"80\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/janet-nicol\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\">Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Biography Review \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJourney With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page\r\n by  Sandra Djwa\r\nMontreal, QC: McGill-Queen\u2019s, 2012\r\n424 pages, $40\r\n\r\nThis epic biography of Patricia Kathleen Page is a fine example of Canadian literary history and serves as a...<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":956,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/1012"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}