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CBC
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
10 Canadian books to read for Jewish Heritage Month
May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. In recognition of this month, here's a reading list of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Jewish Canadians. If you're interested in poetry, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is accepting submissions until June 1. You can submit an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems of a maximum of 600 words (including titles). Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari In Songs for the Brokenhearted, Zohara is a 30-something Yemeni Israeli woman living in New York City, a life that feels much simpler than her childhood growing up in Israel. When her sister calls to let her know of their mother's death, she gets on a plane with no return ticket and begins the journey of unravelling lost family stories. Ayelet Tsabari is the author of The Art of Leaving, which won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Memoir and was a finalist for the Writer's Trust Hilary Weston Prize and The Best Place on Earth, which won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. She spent years living in Canada and is now based in Tel Aviv. Tsabari's short story Green was shortlisted for the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize. How to Share an Egg by Bonny Reichert When Toronto-based journalist Bonny Reichert turned 40, she quit her job and enrolled in culinary school — a life-changing decision that pushed her to explore her relationship with food in writing. This exploration, along with a critical bowl of borscht in Warsaw, led Reichert to writing her memoir, How to Share an Egg, which dives into how food shapes her history as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. 2020 CBC Short Story Prize. She teaches writing at the University of Toronto. No Jews Live Here explores John Lorinc's Hungarian Jewish family history during the Holocaust, the 1956 Revolution and eventual move to Toronto. It follows Lorinc's grandmother, grandfather and father's experiences with the Nazis. No Jews Live Here uses historical insight and human stories to chart one family's trajectory across cities and cultures. Lorinc is an editor and journalist living in Toronto. His work has appeared in publications including the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and the Walrus. His books include Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias and The New City. Lorinc received the 2019/2020 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and the 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Talking to Strangers is a poetry collection that explores new encounters with people and objects. As is characteristic of celebrated poet Rhea Tregebov, the book dabbles in the art of recollection and elegy with skill and tenderness. Talking to Strangers won the poetry prize for the 2024 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards. Tregebov is a Vancouver-based poet, novelist and children's writer. She's written seven books of poetry and two novels, including Rue des Rosiers, and has won the J. I. Segal Award, the Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction, the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, the Pat Lowther Award and the Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award. Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey, with Leslie Jamison Peggy tells the story of Peggy Guggenheim and her rise to making her name synonymous with art and genius. From her early beginnings in New York as the daughter of two Jewish dynasties to her adventures in the European art worlds, she is forced to balance her loyalty to her family and her desire to break free from conventions and live her own original life. Rebecca Godfrey was an author and journalist known for her books The Torn Skirt, which was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the award-winning true crime story Under the Bridge, which was adapted into a Disney+ series. She grew up in Canada but lived in upstate New York. Peggy is her final novel, completed by Leslie Jamison after she died. Jamison is the Brooklyn-based author of The Empathy Exams, The Recovering, the novel The Gin Closet and the memoir Splinters. Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey Watch Out for Her is about a young mother named Sarah who thinks her problems are solved when she hires a young babysitter, Holly, for her six-year-old son. Her son adores Holly and Holly adores Sarah, who is like the mother she never had. But when Sarah sees something that she can't unsee, she uproots her family to start over. Her past follows her to this new life, raising paranoid questions of who is watching her now? And what do they want? Samantha M. Bailey is a journalist and editor in Toronto. Her first thriller, Woman on the Edge, was released in 2019 and was an international bestseller. Her other novels include A Friend in the Dark and Hello, Juliet. Her journalistic work can be found in publications including NOW Magazine, The Village Post, The Thrill Begins and The Crime Hub. As Good a Place as Any by Rebecca Păpucaru In the novel As Good a Place as Any, Paulina and her brother Ernesto flee Chile's violent 1973 coup and seek refuge in Toronto. Paulina is on her way to achieving her dreams of becoming a star when she lands a big role, but when she participates in an underground abortion-rights movement, she's forced to choose between her personal ambitions and her newfound purpose. 71 Canadian fiction books to read in spring 2025 Rebecca Păpucaru is a Montreal-based writer. Her poetry collection The Panic Room won the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, was a finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her work has appeared in the Grain, The Dalhousie Review and The New Quarterly, among others. Her novella Yentas won The Malahat Review's 2020 Novella Prize. As Good a Place as Any is her debut novel. Something, Not Nothing by Sarah Leavitt Following the medically assisted death of her partner of 22 years, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt began small sketches that quickly became something new and unexpected to her. The abstract images mixed with poetic text, layers of watercolour, ink and coloured pencil combine in Something, Not Nothing to tell a story of love, grief, peace and new beginnings. Do You Remember Being Born? by Sean Michaels Do You Remember Being Born? follows a famous poet named Marian Ffarmer, who after years of dedicating herself singularly to her art has started to question her life choices. After receiving an invitation to the Silicon Valley headquarters of one of the biggest tech companies in the world, Marian begins collaborating with a state-of-the-art poetry bot named Charlotte. What follows is a journey of self-discovery for both Marian and Charlotte, as the two begin to form a friendship unlike any Marian has ever known. Sean Michaels was born in Stirling, Scotland and moved to Montreal, where he currently lives, when he was 18 years old. His first novel, Us Conductors, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2014 and was nominated for the Amazon First Novel Award, the Kirkus Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Michaels is also the founder of the music blog Said the Gramophone. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein blends political reportage and cultural analysis to explore the concept of Mirror World, where elements of far-right movements attempt to appeal to the working class. The book examines issues such as the rise of anti-vaxxers, the implications of artificial intelligence in content curation and how society constructs identities to engage and interact on social media. By referencing thinkers such as Sigmund Freud and bell hooks, Klein also connects to greater social themes to share how one can break free from the Mirror World.
The Independent
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Ocean Vuong's new novel, 'The Emperor of Gladness,' is Winfrey's latest book club pick
Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country's most admired young writers. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has chosen Vuong's 'The Emperor of Gladness,' in which the Vietnamese American author tells of the bond between a suicidal teen and an elderly widow with dementia. Winfrey's video podcast interview with Vuong can be seen on her YouTube channel, among other outlets. 'Ocean draws from his own personal experiences of being born in Vietnam, raised in a working-class family in Connecticut, and working as a fast-food server as inspiration for this story, which features an unlikely cast of truly unforgettable characters,' Winfrey said in a statement. 'This award-winning author and acclaimed poet has written in stunning prose, a heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and the unique challenges they face to survive and thrive.' Vuong, 36, has received numerous honors, including the T.S. Eliot Prize and Pushcart Prize for his poetry, a MacArthur Fellowship and a Whiting grant awarded to promising writers. His other books include the novel 'On Earth We Were Briefly Gorgeous' and the poetry collections 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds' and 'Time Is a Mother.' In a statement Tuesday, he said that receiving 'the call' from Winfrey was one of the highlights of his life, with a poignant echo of his childhood. 'Sitting in my mother's nail salon, I watched women see Oprah featuring an author on her show, which played each day in the salon, and literally rise from their seats with poise and confidence, saying they're gonna walk to the Barnes and Noble across the street and buy a book, suddenly armed with access to the discourse, and thereby in possession of the cultural center,' he said. 'To think of my book being invited to join such a profound lineage is truly awe-inspiring. I only wish my mother were alive to see it. Among all the literary achievements in an author's life, this would be the one she truly recognizes.'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NM Legislative Recap March 18: Poetry in motion
Poetry the therapy pony makes a stop at the Roundhouse on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Poetry was in motion at the Roundhouse. On Tuesday, the Gypsy Vanner therapy pony from the Loving Thunder Ranch in Rio Rancho paid a visit to the Roundhouse. The ranch, operated by Poetry's handlers Tuwana and Mike Raupp, received state funds last year for a pilot project of equine therapy programs for at-risk kids, expanding on the work the ranch already does with veterans and people with disabilities. 'She's here to offer a little love,' Mike Raupp said, leading her around the building to peek in windows and allowing people to pet her. Poetry's visit was part of New Mexico's Outdoor recreation day at the Roundhouse, which included a variety of programs encouraging New Mexicans to get outside, whether riding a horse, a four-wheeler or an inflatable raft. Carl Colonius, the program director at the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division, told Source NM that the state should celebrate the recent investment of $6.5 million from the Outdoor Equity Fund to support educational outdoor experiences for New Mexico's kids. 'We want folks recreating in our public lands to reflect the diversity of the rest of our state,' he said. In both chambers, bills are picking up the pace as we roll into the last four days of the Legislature. House Bill 12 would create an alternative process for police officers to ask a judge for an Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order, if a reporting party isn't available or doesn't want to be involved. Pared-down gun seizure bill clears second committee The Senate passed HB12 on Monday night, sending it to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's desk. Wesley Clum, a senior at Bosque School in Albuquerque and leader of its Students Demand Action chapter, told Source NM on Tuesday his organization supports HB12, as well as Senate Bill 279, which would prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, receipt or possession of gas-operated semi-automatic firearms, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and devices that convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic ones. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB279 on March 7 but it still needs to get through the Senate Finance Committee and then the entire process in the House of Representatives to reach the governor's desk. Clum said he wants to see lawmakers advance SB279 and doesn't understand why it was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. 'We are an independent state, and New Mexicans need to stand up against the NRA,' he said. 'When we have Democratic legislators stalling it, it needs to stop.' Both chambers have now approved 33 bills, including 29 within the last week. A list of those bills can be found here. Three bills, including House Bill 143 (more on that bill below), are scheduled for concurrence committees, meaning lawmakers will have to reconcile differences between both chambers' versions of the bills before sending them to the governor. On Monday and Tuesday, both chambers had signed off on 14 bills, including one that beefs up enforcement of unlicensed cannabis vendors, and another that funds wildfire suppression. The Senate concurred with the House on Senate Bill 17, sending a bill with parole changes to the governor. SB17 would enact a series of changes to modernize the Parole Board and how the body considers incarcerated people's requests for parole. The Senate also passed five House Bills during Tuesday's floor session, kicking them up to the governor's office. Those include: House Bill 191, which would create two wildfire-related permanent funds administered by the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department: the post wildfire fund and the wildfire suppression fund; House Bill 54, which, as amended, would require defibrillators in all schools, not just high schools, along with cardiac response plans based on nationally recognized and evidence-based guidelines; House Bill 192, which would appropriate $2.8 million from the general fund to the Department of Information Technology in FY26 to pay a year of subscriber fees for the digital trunked radio communications system (used by various agencies that provide law enforcement, fire, medical or other emergency services); House Bill 10, which would establish the Enforcement Bureau within the Regulation and Licensing Department and grant it law enforcement authority to investigate and enforce violations under the Cannabis Regulation Act; House Bill 323, which would revise exemptions under the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act to clarify when business-employed engineers must be licensed Make sure to check out Source's bill tracker as we near the session's end. Late Monday evening, the Senate approved House Bill 143, which would require greater transparency from lobbyists in the Roundhouse. It still needs a concurrence vote from the House of Representatives because the Senate Rules Committee removed an amendment that was added to the bill during the floor debate in the House. 'I know how hard it is for New Mexicans to get a real and true account of what happens during their legislative sessions,' Co-sponsor Rep. Sarah Silva (D-Las Cruces) said in a statement. 'This is one step in helping them do that.' Sen. Jeff Steinborn, HB143's co-sponsor, told Source NM concurrence usually happens quickly, but said he did not know when the bill would be scheduled for a second floor hearing. HB143 would require a paid lobbyist to file a lobbyist activity report within 48 hours of trying to influence an issue or help writing a bill, or changing their position on a bill. 'What we're going to find is if signed into law, this is going to be kind of a gamechanger for our level of understanding of who is involved in bills that are being put before us and helping to shape our debate,' Steinborn said. 'Right now, this very important information is kept secret from us.' On Tuesday the Senate named the tortilla the official state bread, with only a few mentions of sopapillas, unanimously passing Senate Bill 315. Adaline McIntosh, a fifth grade student from Las Cruces, joined sponsors Sens. Joshua Sanchez (R-Bosque) and Carrie Hamblen (D-Las Cruces) on the floor as the expert witness, and even brought freshly cooked tortillas for lawmakers from Andele Restaurant in Mesilla. Senators took turns asking McIntosh about the best ways to use tortillas in meals and the differences between traditional and alternative ingredients. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 146 which corrects two incorrect citations to federal law in an interstate compact for teaching military children; Senate Bill 58, which would expand the Early Childhood Education and Care Department's role in regulating child care providers; Senate Bill 495, which would allow public schools to receive funding for educational television and radio stations; and Senate Bill 401, which would make public school broadband infrastructure eligible for tax severance bond funding. The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 219, which would create a program for New Mexicans to receive medicinal treatment using psilocybin, a psychedelic found in mushrooms, for pre-qualified behavioral health conditions; Senate Bill 252, which would allow licensed social workers to provide telehealth services; Senate Bill 345, which would give more pathways for teachers, educational assistants, interpreters and counselors to obtain licenses; Senate Bill 39, which would add rare diseases to the list of conditions that don't require prior authorization or step therapy; House Bill 112, which would allow federal background checks for cannabis licenses; Senate Bill 101, which would raise the cap on livestock inspection fees; and House Bill 120, which would create the Office of Accessibility to provide reporting and technical assistance to state facilities and websites. At press time on Tuesday, the House was debating Senate Bill 7, which would allow, but not require, municipalities to manage stormwater runoff as a utility. The House Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee passed Senate Bill 327, which would create a special registration license plate for the lowrider capital of the world; Senate Bill 236, which would create a special registration license plate promoting motorcycle safety awareness; and Senate Bill 128, which would prohibit special license plates that are derogatory, offensive or are otherwise inappropriate. The Senate Finance Committee passed Senate Bill 197, which would make amendments to the Municipal and County Bond Revenue acts and the Emergency Medical Service Act; House Bill 56, which would increase Medicaid rates for services provided at birth centers; House Bill 128, which would create a local solar access fund to issue grants to counties, municipalities, school districts, land grants-mercedes and Indian nationalism tribes and pueblos to establish solar infrastructure; House Bill 41, which would appropriate $13.25 million from the public project revolving fund to the drinking water state revolving loan fund, the local government planning fund and the cultural affairs facilities infrastructure fund; House Bill 157, which would create new licenses for site administrators and school administrators; House Bill 174, which would require community pharmacies be paid professional dispensing fees no lower than what Medicaid pays in professional dispensing fees; and Senate Bill 425, which would reauthorize 421 capital outlay projects that were authorized in previous years. The Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee passed House Bill 519, which would transfer operating duties for the African American Performing Arts Center from the New Mexico State Fair to the center's proposed board of directors; and Senate Memorial 24, which would recognize the cultural and historical significance of El Santuario de Chimayo and the annual Easter pilgrimage.. The Senate Conservation Committee advanced a pair of bills to address current and future contamination from PFAS. The committee also passed House Bill 348 which would increase the fines for violating water laws for the first time since 1907; House Bill 219, which would designate Slot Canyon Riverlands a state park; House Bill 427, which would amend the Water Project Finance Act with criteria for real-time water quality monitoring projects; House Bill 361, which would allow the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to repurpose depleted oil and gas wells for energy storage or geothermal energy development; and House Bill 295, which would confirm that transmission lines owned by the Renewable Transmission Authority is exempt from property taxes. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
