Confluences 1: Essays on the New Canadian Literature

by Nurjehan Aziz (editor)

This collection consists of essays by accomplished literary critics looking at some of the most exciting new writing to emerge in Canada in the last three decades. This new writing has redefined the idea of Canadian Literature, just as the country began to look at itself anew. The writers discussed here hail from all parts of the world and include Rienzi Crusz, M. Nourbese Philip, Dionne Brand, Michael Ondaatje, Hiromi Goto, MG Vassanji, Anita Rau Badami, and others. With bibliography.

176 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2016

About the author

Nurjehan Aziz was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, studied in Iran and the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1980. She is a co-founder of The Toronto South Asian Review, now The Toronto Review, of which she is an editorial board member. She is the publisher at TSAR Publications.