Kerry Clare Recommends Outside the Box by Maria Meindl

Outside the Box by Maria Meindl

Outside the Box by Maria Meindl

Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Author Site: Maria Meindl
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780773539112
Genre: Nonfiction, Canadian Writer

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The Recommend

Outside the Box is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of magazine and broadcast journalism in Canada, and an excellent record of Toronto’s mid-20th century literati. But Maria Meindl’s biography of her grandmother, poet and broadcaster Mona Gould, is fundamentally a story about family ties, and how we define ourselves within and without such bounds. Meindl’s writing is brave and unflinching, and the entire book is captivating.

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Hello, Kerry Clare!

Kerry Clare teaches The Art and Business of Blogging course at the University of Toronto, and is editor of Canadian Bookshelf. Her short fiction, essays and reviews have a appeared in some wonderful places, including Best Canadian Essays 2011, and she blogs about books and reading at Pickle Me This.