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For many years Canadian writers could not function in their own country - that is, they could not be published in their own country because Canadian publishers wouldn't publish them, and the reason they wouldn't publish them was that they said, or they claimed, that the sales would be too low and it would be uneconomical. This, in fact, was true. Canadian readers weren't reading Canadian books. The reason they weren't reading Canadian books is that they were suffused with what we call 'the Colon
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I am the weaver of hope,
searching shadows
for silver strands of stars.
I make light out of darkness.
I make dreams out of scars.
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