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What if one's mandatory tour of duty was environmental rather than militaristic? Suppose all advertising had to tell the truth? Can you imagine sports without competition? ... ¿Social commentary and activism via fiction. "As the title indicates, this collection of stories is about getting into the thick of things, taking sides, taking action, and speaking out loud and clear, however unpopular your opinion may be. ... refreshingly out of the ordinary." Joan McGrath, Canadian Book Review Annual First edition published 1990; this is the second edition.

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What if one's mandatory tour of duty was environmental rather than militaristic? Suppose all advertising had to tell the truth? Can you imagine sports without competition? ... ¿Social commentary and activism via fiction. "As the title indicates, this collection of stories is about getting into the thick of things, taking sides, taking action, and speaking out loud and clear, however unpopular your opinion may be. ... refreshingly out of the ordinary." Joan McGrath, Canadian Book Review Annual First edition published 1990; this is the second edition.
Autorenporträt
Chris Wind is the author of This is what happens, dreaming of kaleidoscopes, Satellites Out of Orbit (including Thus Saith Eve, Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest, Snow White Gets Her Say, Deare Sister, and UnMythed- all individually available), Paintings and Sculptures, Particivision and other stories, and Excerpts . Her prose and poetry has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The Antigonish Review, Ariel, Atlantis, Bogg, Canadian Author and Bookman, Canadian Woman Studies, Contemporary Verse 2, The Copperfield Review, event, Existere, (f.)Lip, grain, Herizons, Herstoria, The Humanist, The New Quarterly, Other Voices, Poetry Toronto, Prism International, Rampike, Shard, The University of Toronto Review, The Wascana Review, Waves, Whetstone, White Wall Review, and Women's Education des femmes, as well as several anthologies, including Contemporary Monologues for Young Women, Clever Cats, Visions of Poesy, and Going for Coffee. Her theatrical work has been performed by several companies, including Venus Theatre and Shoestring Radio Theatre, and read on CBC Radio. She has been awarded sixteen Ontario Arts Council grants. chriswind.net