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How to Pronounce Knife was generally well-received by critics, including a starred reviews Booklist, who wrote, "These stories have a quiet brilliance in their raw portrayal of the struggle to find meaning in difficult times and to belong in a foreign place. Thammavongsa writes with an elegance that is both brutal and tender, giving her stories ...
Souvankham Thammavongsa is a Laotian Canadian poet and short story writer. In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story, "Slingshot", which was published in Harper's Magazine, [1] and in 2020 her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife won the Giller Prize.
Philip Michael Ondaatje CC FRSL (/ ɒ n ˈ d ɑː tʃ iː /; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. [1]Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. [2]
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Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, to a Parsi family. [2] His brother is the playwright and author Cyrus Mistry.He earned a BA in Mathematics and Economics from St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
A seax (Old English pronunciation:; also sax, sæx, sex; invariant in plural, latinized sachsum) is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. The name comes from an Old English word for "knife". [1]
Esi Edugyan was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, to parents from Ghana. [1] She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, where she was mentored by Jack Hodgins.
Plot Summary [ edit ] After being fired from his latest television job, a disgraced Harry Boyd returns to his radio roots in the northern Canadian town of Yellowknife as the manager of a station no one listens to, and finds himself at the center of the station's unlikely social scene.