Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

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Alyson Books, 2009

It begins with “This book is not a canon!!!

And that’s fine with me. I suspect it’s fine with most of you, too.

There is nothing “representative” or “survey-like” about this volume.

The only rule that Richard Canning had in approaching the project was that each author selected could feature only once.

“As [...]