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contemporary canadian female authors
ok...who can recommend a book by a contemporary CANADIAN female author?? I need a book that's somewhat on the lines of female empowerment
Kinda like Anne of Green Gables but a contemporary book. Because I'm going to compare it to Anne of Green Gables for my midterm and I can't think of anything. |
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Anything by Margaret Atwood (is that too obvious a choice?), she always has some strong female characters.
Gail Anderson-Dargatz always has lady protagonists, and the stories are great to boot!!
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i can't use margaret atwood because she's already being discussed in the course. I have to find my own author.
i'll look up Gail Anderson-Dargatz though |
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Try Alice Munro's short stories, way more readable than Atwood imo. Here's a sample:
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/fea..._fiction_munro The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie McDonald Quote:
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Fiction or non fiction?
Naomi Klein I think is Canadian, but she writes political non-fiction. She empowers others. http://www.naomiklein.org/main Here are some others, but not contemporary. http://famouscanadianwomen.com/famou...ts/authors.htm http://books.google.com/books?id=s_x...pg=RA1-PA20&dq
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My favorite Canadian female author: Margaret Laurence. I'm sure you'd enjoy Jest of God, The Stone Angel, and The Diviners. Actually, there wasn't a single book of hers I didn't enjoy.
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I personally think Barbara Gowdy is a great author too - Falling Angels is a great book.
I once took a course in University that only featured Female Canadian Authors Of Colour. I figured all they needed was some disabled writers, and you'd have every minority down! It was a little much. (I didn't know that was the topic when I took it - the professors decide after you've already enroled). I blocked it out a bit (the University of Guelph is a little feminist heavy) so I can't remember any of the authors we looked at, but surprisingly, there were a few!
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