On Sal Mal Lane (60 page)

The Weatherman
by Clint McCown

Collected Poems
by Jane Kenyon

Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship
by Nuruddin Farah:

Sweet and Sour Milk

Sardines

Close Sesame

Duende
by Tracy K. Smith

All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems
by Linda Gregg

The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song
by Ellen Bryant Voigt

How to Escape from a Leper Colony
by Tiphanie Yanique

One Day I Will Write About This Place
by Binyavanga Wainaina

The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism
by Deborah Baker

Support for this series has been provided by the Manitou Fund as part of the Warner Reading Program.

About the Publisher

House of Anansi Press was founded in 1967 with a mandate to publish Canadian-authored books, a mandate that continues to this day even as the list has branched out to include internationally acclaimed thinkers and writers. The press immediately gained attention for significant titles by notable writers such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, George Grant, and Northrop Frye. Since then, Anansi’s commitment to finding, publishing and promoting challenging, excellent writing has won it tremendous acclaim and solid staying power. Today Anansi is Canada’s pre-eminent independent press, and home to nationally and internationally bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Gil Adamson, Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, Peter Behrens, Rawi Hage, Misha Glenny, Jim Harrison, A. L. Kennedy, Pasha Malla, Lisa Moore, A. F. Moritz, Eric Siblin, Karen Solie, and Ronald Wright. Anansi is also proud to publish the award-winning nonfiction series The CBC Massey Lectures. In 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Anansi was honoured by the Canadian Booksellers Association as “Publisher of the Year.”

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Prologue

1979