When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing

When Words Deny the Worldis a compelling report from the front lines of Canadian writing. Engagingly written but highly controversial, 'Words'joyfully slaughters the reputations of Timothy Findley, Barbara Gowdy, Anne Michaels, Carol Shields, Michael Ondaatje, the Giller Prize, and the Globe and Mailbestseller list.In a series of maverick essays, fiction writer and literary journalist Stephen Henighan takes on the decade of the 1990s, when Canadian writing became, before all else, a commercial enterprise. Where most commentators have disregarded the impact of globalization on the way Canadians write and publish, Henighan makes this his central concern.