Letters From Montreal: Tales Of An Exceptional City
ISBN13:
9781550656084
$14.21
Letters From Montreal documents the experiences of Montrealers past and present, creating a portrait of the storied city unlike any other. Drawn from the celebrated column in Maisonneuve magazine, this anthology features writers documenting a quintessential part of local life. Narrated with the intimacy of journal entries, each letter bridges the playful and profound. In early dispatches, Melissa Bull ditches a boyfriend over pétanque in Parc Laurier; Sean Michaels watches Arcade Fire lose Battle of the Bands; Deborah Ostrovsky frets over the sublime sophistication of the Plateau's French children. More recently, Ziya Jones spends a summer herding sheep through Parc du Pélican; Eva Crocker performs in a "fake orgasm choir" at the Rialto Theatre; and André Picard takes a pause from the pandemic by running up Mount Royal. Edited by Maisonneuve editor in chief Madi Haslam, these letters buzz with a sense of possibility, surprise, and transformation. They remind us that a city can't quite be defined, that every person inside it interprets it anew. Together, they explore how we make meaning in the place we call home--how our surroundings shape us, and how we shape them in return.
- | Author: Madi Haslam
- | Publisher: Vehicule Press
- | Publication Date: Mar 21, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 180 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1550656082
- | ISBN-13: 9781550656084
- Author:
- Madi Haslam
- Publisher:
- Vehicule Press
- Publication Date:
- Mar 21, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 180 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1550656082
- ISBN-13:
- 9781550656084