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Aritha van Herk

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in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada

May 26, 1954

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Aritha van Herk is a Canadian writer, critic, editor, and university professor.

Her parents and elder siblings immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands before she was born. She grew up in a bilingual home, speaking English and Dutch. In 1974, she married Robert Jay Sharp, who is a geologist. Van Herk studied Canadian literature and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, graduating with a B.A. Honours in 1976, and an M.A. in 1978. Since 1983, Aritha van Herk has been teaching at the University of Calgary. She teaches Creative Writing, Canadian Literature, and Contemporary Narrative.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 1,097 ratings · 135 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tent Peg 4.07 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restlessness 3.56 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Fixed Address: An Amorous Journey (Inprints Series) 3.55 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judith 3.81 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta 3.80 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Places Far From Ellesmere 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prairie Gothic by Aritha van Herk, Aritha van Herk 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stampede And The Westness Of The West 2.58 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Visible Ink: Crypto-Frictions (The Writer As Critic Series ; V. 3) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frozen Tongue 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I discovered I was infected with a terrible suspicion of myself and my inability to stay still, my dreadful insomnia of place.”
― Aritha Van Herk, Restlessness

tags: anxiety, feeling-lost, restlessness, weariness

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“For the last twenty years I feel as if I have been waiting for my life to happen between the pages of a book, the book I am reading while I wait to arrive at the destination I am destined for.”
― Aritha Van Herk, Restlessness

tags: depression, feeling-alone, feeling-lost

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“Here is the burden of my argument with life. I have forgotten homesickness.”
― Aritha Van Herk, Restlessness

tags: jet-lag, loneliness, traveling

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