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Northern Light is a book by Kazim Ali.(Goose Lane Editions) Kazim Ali was the child of South Asian immigrants, who unexpectedly spent years of his childhood in the small Manitoba town of Jenpeg, a town that existed because of the hydroelectric dam nearby. As an adult, he found himself wondering about the town: did it even exist anymore? And if it did, what was it like? These questions sent him on a journey, one that looked at the environmental destruction the dam caused, and the local Pimicikamak community that fought against it.  Northern Light is Ali's story, the story of the Pimicik...

Can You Hear Me Now? is a book by Celina Caesar-Chavannes.(Random House Canada) Can You Hear Me Now? is a memoir by entrepreneur and former politician Celina Caesar-Chavannes. Caesar-Chavannes was the first Black MP to represent the riding of Whitby, Ont. But her political career wasn't easy, and she was known for speaking out about social and racial injustices within political institutions and in her community. She eventually decided to leave the party she ran for, the Liberals.  Can You Hear Me Now? tells Caesar-Chavannes' story, from her early childhood through her business and polit...

** Credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres, including the volumes of poetry  Inquisition,  The Far Mosque, winner of Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award;  The Fortieth Day;  Bright Felon and  Wind Instrument. His novels include the recently published  The Secret Room: A String Quartet and among his books of essays are the hybrid memoir  Silver Road: Essays, Maps & Calligraphies and  Fasting for Ramadan: Notes fr...

The Beauty: Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and Given Sugar, Given Salt (HarperCollins, 2001), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her ninth collection, Ledger, is forthcoming from Knopf in March 2020. She has edited and cotranslated books with Mariko Aratani and Robert Bly. Hirshfield’s honors include the Poetry Center Book Award, the Donald Hall-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Literature, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award, Columbia University’s Translation Center Award, and the Commonwealth Club of California ...

Dedication ceremony in manhattan for a 9/11 memorial. six large stones for the victims who suffered and died from exposure to toxins. rick leventhal is there live for us this morning. good morning, rick. >> most memorials are built and never changed. this one continues to evolve because 17 1/2 years after 9/11 many of the first responders and volunteers who rushed down here to help out are still suffering and dying. so the 9/11 memorial and museum built this to give honor and recognition to this heroic group experiencing health problems. the memorial glade is where it led workers down to the b...