{"id":956,"date":"2012-09-19T01:16:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T01:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:31:55","slug":"writings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings"},"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\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/essay\/\" title=\"Essays\">Essays<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/essay\/laura-solomon\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Essays: Laura Solomon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Laura-Solomon-pic-1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Essays: Laura Solomon\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/essay\/laura-solomon\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Essays: Laura Solomon\">Writings \/ Essays: Laura Solomon<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">The Rising Epidemic of Bullying \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe live in enlightened, feminist, non-racist, non-sexist...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/scholarship\/\" title=\"Scholarship\">Scholarship<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/scholarship\/jendele-hungbo\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Jendele Hungbo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Jendele-Hungbo-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Jendele Hungbo\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/scholarship\/jendele-hungbo\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Jendele Hungbo\">Writings \/ Scholarship: Jendele Hungbo<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Exile and the African Intellectual in Wole Soyinka\u2019s You Must Set Forth at Dawn  \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nABSTRACT \r...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/scholarship\/paul-ugor\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Paul Ugor\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Paul-Ugor-pic2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Paul Ugor\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/scholarship\/paul-ugor\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Scholarship: Paul Ugor\">Writings \/ Scholarship: Paul Ugor<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Playing God: The Triadic Course of Soyinka\u2019s Nationalism in Literature \r\nAuthenticity is an escape f...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/reviews\/\" title=\"Reviews\">Reviews<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\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=\"150\" 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,...<\/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=\"150\" 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...<\/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=\"150\" 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...<\/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=\"150\" 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,...<\/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=\"150\" 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:...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/\" title=\"Fiction\">Fiction<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/david-tasker-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: David Tasker\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/David-Tasker-pic1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: David Tasker\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/david-tasker-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: David Tasker\">Writings \/ Fiction: David Tasker<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Luck of the Draw \r\nOld Robert Harris walked into the Lucky Dollar convenience store on Main Street to...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/lynn-s-schwebach\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Lynn S. Schwebach\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Lynn-S.-Schebach-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Lynn S. Schwebach\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/lynn-s-schwebach\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Lynn S. Schwebach\">Writings \/ Fiction: Lynn S. Schwebach<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Move as a Fish Swimming \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nStanding in the entrance of my Hanoi apartment, the students handed...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/janet-e-cameron\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Janet E. Cameron\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Janet-E.-Cameron-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Janet E. Cameron\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/janet-e-cameron\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Janet E. Cameron\">Writings \/ Fiction: Janet E. Cameron<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">*Cinnamon Toast \r\n(novel excerpt) \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\u2018It\u2019s not the end of the world.\u2019 That\u2019s what people ...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/kelly-l-howarth\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Kelly L. Howarth\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Kelly-L.-Howarth-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Kelly L. Howarth\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/kelly-l-howarth\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Kelly L. Howarth\">Writings \/ Fiction: Kelly L. Howarth<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Pink \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another Acela Express train pulls into the Upstate New York station. It empties...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/daniel-perry\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Daniel Perry\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Daniel-Perry-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Daniel Perry\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/daniel-perry\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Daniel Perry\">Writings \/ Fiction: Daniel Perry<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">The Territory \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe light on the answering machine\u2019s blinking again, and I know it\u2019s a cal...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/sadiqa-de-meijer\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Sadiqa de Meijer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Sadiqa-de-Meijer-c-Wendy-Luella-Perkins-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Sadiqa de Meijer\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/fiction\/sadiqa-de-meijer\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Sadiqa de Meijer\">Writings \/ Fiction: Sadiqa de Meijer<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Face Day \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA different elevator goes down there, clanging and metallic, room enough for a small...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/creative-non-fiction\/\" title=\"Creative Non-Fiction\">Creative Non-Fiction<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/creative-non-fiction\/s-nadja-zajdman-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: S. Nadja Zajdman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/S-Nadja-Zajdman-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: S. Nadja Zajdman\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/creative-non-fiction\/s-nadja-zajdman-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: S. Nadja Zajdman\">Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: S. Nadja Zajdman<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Remembering Miss Jane \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHer name was Jane Houde. She was half French-Canadian, and half-Irish....<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/\" title=\"Poetry\">Poetry<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/luca-xifona\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/no_photo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/luca-xifona\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\">Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Sermonic \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBeauty  ignores dust, plus everything bare\r\nOr bitter. What is dressed in dust is...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/gillian-sze\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Gillian Sze\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Gillian-Sze-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Gillian Sze\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/gillian-sze\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Gillian Sze\">Writings \/ Poetry: Gillian Sze<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Ode to Absence \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe good colours of autumn\r\nstartle and glister.\r\nA buzzing yellow.\r\nThe best...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/amatoritsero-ede-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Amatoritsero Ede\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/ama-home-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Amatoritsero Ede\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/writings\/poetry\/amatoritsero-ede-2\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Amatoritsero Ede\">Writings \/ Poetry: Amatoritsero Ede<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Globetrotter \r\n(From Globetrotter &amp; Hitler\u2019s Children \u2013 New York: Akashic Books, 2009) \r\n\r\n\u00a0  \r\n\r...<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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-956","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956","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=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/956\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}