Guernica has published many fiction and nonfiction books which deal in one way or another with the pleasurable understanding of different cultures. Do not expect to find stereotypical images here. Only fine literature.
Mary Melfi's first novel explores the emotional trauma of infertility and its resulting marital conflicts. It is an intimate account of one woman's agonizing experience to carry a pregnancy to full term. Through Nina DiFiore's numerous miscarriages, Melfi analyzes how much women's self-image is linked to their fertility; for Nina, an artist, this is even more acute as she is of Italian origin, a culture which idolizes the role of the mother. Infertility Rites focuses...
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Rhea Tregebov was born in Saskatoon, raised in Winnipeg and for many years lived in Toronto. She is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry, most recently a volume of selected and new poems entitled (alive), which was released by Wolsak and Wynn in September 2004. After working in Toronto as a freelance author and editor, she moved to Vancouver in August 2004 to take up the position of Assistant Professor of Creative...
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