Tag: immigration

  • Giant: A Witty Revolution

    Giant: A Witty Revolution

    Reviewed in this essay: Giant by Aga Maksimowska. Pedlar Press, 2012. In 1988, Eastern Europe is on the brink of revolution. The citizens of Poland are weary from the stifling Communist management of their lives. Workers set in motion an unprecedented series of strikes that ripple across the country and ignite a slow but steady…

  • TRB Podcast: Peta-Gaye Nash kicks off Jamaica 50 at TPL

    TRB Podcast: Peta-Gaye Nash kicks off Jamaica 50 at TPL

    Listen here: [audio:May2012/nash.mp3] Peta-Gaye Nash started the Jamaica 50 series at the Toronto Public Library  with readings from her short story collection, I Too Hear the Drums. She is a short-story and children’s book author born and raised in Jamaica; she now lives in Mississauga. In this podcast, recorded at the Maria A. Shchuka library branch…