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Weekender – June 14, 2024
Weekly review – new releases from old favourites, and a recap of the posts from the past 7 days.
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How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide
A barnburner in the Walrus about the controversy around the Giller Prize.
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Let’s give out the 2024 Polaris Prize (part one)
Might be fun, might be infuriating. Let’s see where it goes.
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“You could not have kidnapped my daughter, for she has left us for America.”
Read Ghost Story by Ananda Lima on Electric Lit
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“…the wages were decent, the customers wore suits, and the tips were sometimes obscene.”
An excerpt from Sarah Gilmartin’s new book Service in LitHub has sold me on the book
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Weekender – June 7, 2024
Weekly review – new releases from old favourites, and a recap of the posts from the past 7 days.
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Lou Smith appreciation post
A little love for one of my most-watched YouTube channels.
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“Was he telling himself that a 17-year-old had bewitched him?”
How do we assess these relationships when they work out? I’ve been thinking about this piece since I read it.
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“She looked as if she had climbed out of her own grave. Which, basically, she had.”
A story about pets. Don’t read it on the bus.
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“Listen! I’m going to harassed, wreck and ruin your sad, stupid low pathetic life if its not removed you mindless peasant.”
Veronica de Souza had her iPhone stolen. What happens next will make you laugh