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Kevin ShawAbout Kevin ShawKevin Shaw is a poet, writer, and librarian based in London, Ontario, Canada. His writing has appeared in print and online publications such as The Malahat Review. Reviews
Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility by Mary L. GrayInstead of long-suffering iconoclasts who want to leave the family farm, Gray introduces teenagers that are keenly aware of their environs and the means at hand to navigate a life that is both queer and rural. [24 September 2009] 
So Long as Men Can Breathe by Clinton HeylinIt’s entirely refreshing to read about Shakespeare without the hushed tone of literary sanctity, while preserving the rigors of good research. [21 July 2009] 
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund WhiteThe narrator's voice -- by turns lyrical and brutal, expansive and introspective -- is White's greatest triumph, elevating what could have been a cliché into a fascinating study of sexual reckoning. [22 June 2009] 
Maps and Legends by Michael ChabonThese essays serve as a sort of B-side to Chabon's fiction as we are given access to his personal iconography and influences. [17 May 2009] 
Planet Google by Randall StrossWhile I am happily learning each new product to emerge from the Googleplex, how much is Google learning about me? [23 April 2009] 
The View from Castle Rock by Alice MunroThe stories of our day we tell around the kitchen table, the amplified legends of previous generations, and the darker chapters we edit are all equally true. [9 December 2008] 
The Man in the Picture by Susan HillThere is no dead wood in Hill's plot -- it has the economy of a campfire story without sacrificing the heightened language of Hill's Victorian predecessors. [8 December 2008] |
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