YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN
Found Press Quarterly, Fall 2011 • $3.75
This Fall, FP Quarterly brings you You Can’t Go Home Again, a collection of stories depicting lives transformed, for better or for worse. Whether by the decisions we make ourselves, or by events that are entirely out of our control, we are changed, and there comes a time in each of our lives that we realize: there is no turning back. From social progress to revolution, from new beginnings to eternal rest, the stories in You Can’t Go Home Again will draw you in and leave you forever changed.
Featuring stories by Grace O’Connell, Andrew Forbes, Lee Kvern, and Pauline Holdstock.
This Fall, FP Quarterly brings you You Can’t Go Home Again, a collection of stories depicting lives transformed, for better or for worse. Whether by the decisions we make ourselves, or by events that are entirely out of our control, we are changed, and there comes a time in each of our lives that we realize: there is no turning back. From social progress to revolution, from new beginnings to eternal rest, the stories in You Can’t Go Home Again will draw you in and leave you forever changed.
Featuring stories by Grace O’Connell, Andrew Forbes, Lee Kvern, and Pauline Holdstock.
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Praise
for Grace O’Connell:
“In this cautionary suburban fairy tale, a big-city refugee searching for home finds herself in a nest of multiple Mikes and Pyrex-wielding vipers. With enchanting style and snort-causing wit, Grace O’Connell does casserole-studded claustrophobia like nobody’s business.”
— Jessica Westhead, author of And Also Sharks and Pulpy & Midge
for Andrew Forbes:
“How do you give voice to a sax player silenced by the politics of his country? If you’re a jazz singer like Kurt Elling, you take Dexter Gordon’s solo on ‘Body and Soul’ from his Homecoming album and you turn it into vocalese. If your name is Andrew Forbes and your tenor sax player is Ethiopian and it is Addis Ababa 1973 and his musical idol is King Curtis, you write The Expansiveness of My Sound and what you write is wider, more straight-ahead, stronger with political fervour, sadder than Elling but every bit as smart. Forbes is doing it solo and you have to imagine the quartet behind him. Read it with your fingers tapping and you’ll catch the beat. Read it with your ears open and you’ll hear Metche Hufu’s body and soul. Dig it!”
— T. F. Rigelhof, author of Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984
for Lee Kvern:
“This Is a Love Crime by Lee Kvern is a cunning and intensely human look at one of the central issues of our time. It negotiates the space between belief, racism, liberty, and sexuality with curiosity and compassion.”
— Todd Babiak, bestselling author of Toby: A Man and The Garneau Block
for Pauline Holdstock:
“Holdstock’s writing manages to be both heartbreakingly poetic and densely detailed . . . sad passages, ghostlike recollections, written almost from the vantage point of the present, establish the book as a great work of fiction.”
— The Globe and Mail on Into the Heart of the Country, longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize
for Grace O’Connell:
“In this cautionary suburban fairy tale, a big-city refugee searching for home finds herself in a nest of multiple Mikes and Pyrex-wielding vipers. With enchanting style and snort-causing wit, Grace O’Connell does casserole-studded claustrophobia like nobody’s business.”
— Jessica Westhead, author of And Also Sharks and Pulpy & Midge
for Andrew Forbes:
“How do you give voice to a sax player silenced by the politics of his country? If you’re a jazz singer like Kurt Elling, you take Dexter Gordon’s solo on ‘Body and Soul’ from his Homecoming album and you turn it into vocalese. If your name is Andrew Forbes and your tenor sax player is Ethiopian and it is Addis Ababa 1973 and his musical idol is King Curtis, you write The Expansiveness of My Sound and what you write is wider, more straight-ahead, stronger with political fervour, sadder than Elling but every bit as smart. Forbes is doing it solo and you have to imagine the quartet behind him. Read it with your fingers tapping and you’ll catch the beat. Read it with your ears open and you’ll hear Metche Hufu’s body and soul. Dig it!”
— T. F. Rigelhof, author of Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984
for Lee Kvern:
“This Is a Love Crime by Lee Kvern is a cunning and intensely human look at one of the central issues of our time. It negotiates the space between belief, racism, liberty, and sexuality with curiosity and compassion.”
— Todd Babiak, bestselling author of Toby: A Man and The Garneau Block
for Pauline Holdstock:
“Holdstock’s writing manages to be both heartbreakingly poetic and densely detailed . . . sad passages, ghostlike recollections, written almost from the vantage point of the present, establish the book as a great work of fiction.”
— The Globe and Mail on Into the Heart of the Country, longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Titles Featured Inside
Mike Mike Mike Mike
The sleepy town of Arbford is a house of cards, and Betty is the sudden gust of wind that unknowingly knocks it to the ground. In this insightful tale, where each of the men is called Mike, and each of their wives have a different name, Betty discovers that finding somewhere to call home isn't easy. Fun, emotional, and intelligent, Mike Mike Mike Mike is a modern-day fable with a bit of Desperate Housewives thrown in for good measure.
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Mike Mike Mike Mike
Grace O'Connell
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The sleepy town of Arbford is a house of cards, and Betty is the sudden gust of wind that unknowingly knocks it to the ground. In this insightful tale, where each of the men is called Mike, and each of their wives have a different name, Betty discovers that finding somewhere to call home isn't easy. Fun, emotional, and intelligent, Mike Mike Mike Mike is a modern-day fable with a bit of Desperate Housewives thrown in for good measure.
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Mike Mike Mike Mike
Grace O'Connell
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The Expansiveness of My Sound
Saxophonist Metche Hufu and his best friend Hirut are on top of the world. Their band is the talk of Addis Ababa, filling nightclubs and packing dance floors. Their music is unlike anything you have ever heard. But the precarious existence of this golden age of culture depends on an emperor's benevolence, and his power is beginning to wane. Set against the backdrop of vibrant Addis Ababa nightlife, The Expansiveness of My Sound is an evocative account of the political discord in Ethiopia and the individuals caught in the tumult.
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The Expansiveness of My Sound
Andrew Forbes
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Saxophonist Metche Hufu and his best friend Hirut are on top of the world. Their band is the talk of Addis Ababa, filling nightclubs and packing dance floors. Their music is unlike anything you have ever heard. But the precarious existence of this golden age of culture depends on an emperor's benevolence, and his power is beginning to wane. Set against the backdrop of vibrant Addis Ababa nightlife, The Expansiveness of My Sound is an evocative account of the political discord in Ethiopia and the individuals caught in the tumult.
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The Expansiveness of My Sound
Andrew Forbes
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This Is a Love Crime
Marta is a human resources employee at a grocery store chain. She moves through life passively, always taking the path of least resistance. That is, until one day at work, when she is confronted by an ethical dilemma: A hijab-wearing woman. A strict no-hats policy. And then a cultural opportunity: a seminar on the Sunshine Coast, "Ethnicity and Religion in the World Workplace." With brutal frankness and keen insight, This Is a Love Crime explores the nature of oppression in its many forms, be it cultural, religious, or domestic, while bringing to life vivid characters that will linger like the scent of cigarette smoke long after the story is over.
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This Is a Love Crime
Lee Kvern
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Marta is a human resources employee at a grocery store chain. She moves through life passively, always taking the path of least resistance. That is, until one day at work, when she is confronted by an ethical dilemma: A hijab-wearing woman. A strict no-hats policy. And then a cultural opportunity: a seminar on the Sunshine Coast, "Ethnicity and Religion in the World Workplace." With brutal frankness and keen insight, This Is a Love Crime explores the nature of oppression in its many forms, be it cultural, religious, or domestic, while bringing to life vivid characters that will linger like the scent of cigarette smoke long after the story is over.
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This Is a Love Crime
Lee Kvern
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What Endures
What Endures is a story of powerful love. It is a story that will break your heart. Inspired by true events, it tells of the incredible bond between a mother and daughter, and with gut-wrenching poignancy reminds us of the little things that make life worth living.
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What Endures
Pauline Holdstock
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What Endures is a story of powerful love. It is a story that will break your heart. Inspired by true events, it tells of the incredible bond between a mother and daughter, and with gut-wrenching poignancy reminds us of the little things that make life worth living.
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What Endures
Pauline Holdstock
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FPQ 2011: The Complete Collection
Found Press Quarterly 2011 • $12.99
Found Press Quarterly 2011: The Complete Collection contains sixteen exceptional stories that were hand-picked by the Found Press staff and originally published in the four collections released throughout 2011. With a stunning range of voices, the unforgettable narratives included in this anthology will take you on a journey around the world, and pull you from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other.
Featuring stories by Caroline Adderson, Meghan Rose Allen, Jack Bootle, Julie Dupuis, Cynthia Flood, Andrew Forbes, Danny Goodman, Pauline Holdstock, Lee Kvern, Kirsty Logan, Dave Margoshes, Don McLellan, Maria Meindl, Grace O'Connell, Richard Rosenbaum, and Lana Storey.
Found Press Quarterly 2011: The Complete Collection contains sixteen exceptional stories that were hand-picked by the Found Press staff and originally published in the four collections released throughout 2011. With a stunning range of voices, the unforgettable narratives included in this anthology will take you on a journey around the world, and pull you from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other.
Featuring stories by Caroline Adderson, Meghan Rose Allen, Jack Bootle, Julie Dupuis, Cynthia Flood, Andrew Forbes, Danny Goodman, Pauline Holdstock, Lee Kvern, Kirsty Logan, Dave Margoshes, Don McLellan, Maria Meindl, Grace O'Connell, Richard Rosenbaum, and Lana Storey.
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Five Questions with Pauline Holdstock
Pauline Holdstock is an internationally published fiction writer and essayist. She is the author of Beyond Measure, shortlisted for several prizes including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Giller Prize, and winner of the Ethel Wilson Prize for fiction. Her latest novel, Into … Continue reading
Five Questions with Grace O’Connell
Grace O’Connell lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in various publications including Walrus, Taddle Creek, Quill and Quire, and EYE Weekly, and she holds an MFA in creative writing. She has taught creative writing at George Brown College and now works as a … Continue reading
