How Gary Barwin's grandfather influenced his relationship to language as a writer
The prolific Hamilton, Ont.-based writer Gary Barwin spoke with The Next Chapter's Ali Hassan about his essay collection, Imagining Imagining.
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CRA wins tax case dealing with restaurant servers' electronic tips
A restaurant that didn't include electronic tips in its CPP and EI liabilities got called out by the CRA, writes Jamie Golombek. Read more.
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Gary Barwin is the author of the novel Yiddish for Pirates.(Adela Talbot, Vintage Canada) Yiddish for Pirates is a nautical odyssey narrated by a wise-cracking, polyglot parrot. The parrot, who now lives in a nursing home in Florida, tells the story of Moishe, a boy who joins a ship's crew in 1492. There, Moishe meets the parrot, Aaron. The two have an unforgettable adventure, following maps and hunting for treasure. But it's the period of the Spanish Inquisition, and it's a dangerous time to be Jewish. When Jews as expelled from Spain, Moishe ends up travelling to the Caribbean with C...
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