After the Fires, by Ursula Pflug Trade Paperback200 Pages, 5.1 x 7.8 x 0.61 inPublisher:Tightrope Books ISBN – 13:9780978335120 $14.40 Call me a literary slob, but I just don’t get it. I understand the art of writing should always push the borders, delve into experimentalism. But, for me, like visual art, or any art for that matter, if we fail to communicate with our audience, if our art has become so internal as to be…

While Susanna Moodie: Pioneer, by Anne Cimon does a good job of chronicling the life of this important Canadian historical figure, I felt nothing new was added to the already considerable body of work written about Susanna. Unfortunately Cimon’s attempts to humanize and make immediate this remarkable historical woman fail, in my opinion, and therefore diminish the credibility of the work. We are, as readers, given Susanna’s dialogue, both external and internal, that reads more…