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Fall Reading: Paul Vermeersch
We asked MFA alumni publishing books this season what they’re reading, and what they'd recommend...
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Interview with Ambera Wellmann at momus.ca
“In the Round of Her Need”: An Interview with MFA graduate Ambera Wellmann at momus.ca
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Professor Norman Smith's co-edited compilation (5 vols.) of Manchukuo literature
with Liu Xiaoli, Okada Hideki, Zhang Quan, Ōkubo Akio, Kim Jaeyong, Ronald Suleski, Li Haiying, Chen Yan, and Chen Shi. Wei Man wenxue ciliao zhengli yu yanjiu congshu (Manchukuo Literary Materials Compilation and Research Collection). Harbin: Beifang wenyi chubanshe, 2017 (34 volumes) & his edited Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017 are out in the bookstores.
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Aisha Sasha John at SummerWorks
Alumna Aisha Sasha John brings her innovative performance aisha of is to Toronto’s 2018 SummerWorks Festival.
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Outside the Lines: Khalida Hassan
On day jobs, evening gigs, and volunteer work. Meet Khalida Hassan, currently a literary assistant to novelist John Irving.
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