Canadian Literature & Poetry
in English
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Literary and Poetic Culture
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature
A comprehensive, authoritative guide to many different genres,
topics, and aspects of Canadian literary history, including gay and lesbian literature.
The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader’s
Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present
Includes an entry, “Canadian Literature in English”,
pages 127–132, authored by Douglas Chambers. It outlines the history, publishing, as
well as major works and authors associated with LGBTQ literary works and themes. A
bibliography with further readings and related sources accompanies the article.
PN 56 .H57
G35 2002
Reference
Anthologies
Desire, High Heels, Red Wine
The writing ranges from the comedy of Sonja Mills to the
lyrical poetry of Margaret Webb, from the dialogue of Sky Gilbert to the short stories of
Timothy Archer.
Sexing the Maple: A Canadian Sourcebook
A sourcebook that raises issues of nationalism and sexuality
in Canada through a rich and diverse selection of fiction, poetry, criticism, and history.
The collection considers topics as wide-ranging as First
Nations sexuality, censorship, assisted reproduction, and religion. It contains literary
works by Alice Munro, Jane Rule, Timothy Findley, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton, Lynn Crosbie,
Michael Turner, and many others.
HQ 18 .C2
S395 2006
Stacks
Dykewords: An Anthology of Lesbian Writings
Texts in the collection are diverse, covering lesbian love,
cultural identity, overcoming alcohol abuse, coming out, and lesbian history.
Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts
A snapshot of Canadian contemporary queer performance
practices-from playwriting to drag to performance art to spoken word to digital performance.
PR 9196.37
.H65 Q28 2018
Stacks
Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance
This collection seeks to understand why it is important not
just to continue to tell queer stories on stage, but also to piece together the larger
historical narrative of Canadian queer theatrical production and reception through academic
research.
Contributors include Kym Bird, Sky Gilbert, Moynan King,
Evalyn Parry, Richie Wilcox, Jay Whitehead, T. Berto, Eury Chang, Cameron Crookston, Spy
Dénommé-Welch, Dirk Gindt, Stephen Low, Sean Metzger, Cordula Quint, Trish Salah, Sarah
Garton Stanley, and Laine Zisman Newman.
PN 2219 .G39
Q47 2018
Stacks
History, Literary Interpretation & Criticism
Queer Canlit: Canadian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
(LGBT) Literature in English: An Exhibition
Includes an essay on Queer CanLit by Scott Rayter,
illustrations, bibliographical references, and photographs of the exhibition.
“Queerly Canadian: Introduction”
Here is Queer: Nationalisms, Sexualities and the Literatures of
Canada
Considers how the interconnected concepts of nationalism and
sexuality have helped shape the production and reception of Canadian and First Nations
literatures.
PR 9185.5 .H6
D52 1999
Stacks
Small Things: A Random Selection of Anti-Essays
PR 9199.3
.G5248 A6 2018
Stacks
War Is Here: the Vietnam War and Canadian Literature
In the chapter entitled “Queering Canada,” McGill
examines the role of American draft dodgers as queer figures in three Canadian novels: Morton
Redner’ Getting Out, Mark Satin’s Confessions of a Young Exile,
and Timothy Findley’s The War.
Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada
Examines how the terms of critical debate in literary and
cultural studies in Canada have shifted with respect to matters of race, nation, and
difference.
reviewed & updated 11 November 2021 | compiled by Agatha Barc, MI