The most common phrase in print is "cover before striking," a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers.Uppal's characters in Cover
Imaginations run wild in this strangely beautiful and funny story loosely based on Uppal’s critically acclaimed memoir. Renata travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she w
Hardev Dange is suffering through a tumultuous year. He’s just been informed that the bank is going to foreclose on his house. His fickle daughter Birendra is on the verge of marriage, his son Emile i
When Sister Angela receives an anonymous package containing an ornate silver candlestick, an object she hasn't seen in twenty-five years, her safe and simple life begins to unravel. Suddenly she must
In exploring the topic of health, this collection of poetry tackles a crucial aspect of our lives?but one that is rarely a subject of contemporary art. Playful, satirical, surreal, yet unflinchingly h
Have you ever wondered what a luge poem or snowboarding poem or hockey poem would look like? In this collection by celebrated poet Priscila Uppal, who was the poet-in-residence for Canadian Athletes N
Sabotage is a collection of poems that explores private and public acts of destruction, disruption, and vandalism in the 21st century. In Sabotage, several vital sites are under attack or at risk: the
This compelling collection of poems deconstructs ordinary visions, reassembling mundane experiences and perspectives and exploring the importance of life, goodness, and poetry.
Weaving deftly through life, love and power, Priscila Uppal's poems reveal remarkable maturity and a wide range. Weaving deftly through life, love and power, Priscila Uppal's poems reveal remarkable m
Taking the form of a news report, complete with news crawl and mid-broadcast interruptions, this risky and unique collection of poems presents psychologically stark and wrenching portraits of individu
This is no typical mid-life crisis. Poet Priscila Uppal, faced with a very serious and frightening health crisis as she turned 40, reexamined her relationship to everything in her life, including her
A groundbreaking multilingual collection promoting a global poetic consciousness, this volume presents the works of 20 international poets, all in their original languages, alongside English translati
An impressive assemblage of Canada’s best literary voices tells their stories about the wild and fascinating world of sports in this notable anthology. The 26 remarkable Canadian short stories written
We all know someone. Or maybe that someone happens to be us. This groundbreaking landmark anthology explores the subject of cancer from all different points of view: patient, survivor, caregiver, love
Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers.Writing Creative Writing is filled with thoug
Following the life of newborn infant, Emmanuel, this great contemporary novel of Quebec exposes a painful history central to the new consciousness that emerged in the 1960s known as ?the quiet revolut
