Tag: non-fiction
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Beyond Asian Heritage Month: A Reading List
Since 2002, the month of May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Being the largest, most populous continent in the world, there are so many works from so many authors to read! The thousands of years of history within each country and between many of them has produced a complex and rich background that it…
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Resource List: Stories addressing anti-black racism
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “The danger of a single story” In light of the recent cases of George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet, conversations about anti-racism and the history…
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Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull
Ed Catmull’s Creativity Inc. was an accomplishment for me. I’ve never been a huge fan of non-fiction books. Not that I shy away from the genre as a whole but that I prefer a deep delve into a narrative which many authors of non-fiction don’t fulfill. Catmull, as one of the founders of Pixar, doesn’t…
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The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks
I first heard about James Rebanks through his Twitter account @herdyshepherd1 which features beautiful photos of his flock and brought the rural Lake District of England into my daily life. The Shepherd’s Life is Rebanks’ first novel, a memoir told in seasons, capturing the traditional farming lifestyle he was born and raised into. His story and sense…
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Read Harder #3 & #4: Funny Women
It’s been a long, long week and it’s not even half over… But here I am with two whole new books under my belt! I love to laugh. I love women. I love funny women. Which is why in this dreary, grey month I decided to read not just one, but two books by female comedians…