CANADIAN Single Author Journals

  This is a bibliographical research note for those with a specific interest in single author journals. You will know who you are and what they are. Even more specifically, it is for those who are wondering if there are any Canadian single author journals. The word “Canadian” will be employed in this context to attempt to answer two questions: 1) are there any single author journals devoted to Canadians?, and 2) are there Canadians who are, or were, producing single author journals about people who are not Canadian?  The answer to both questions is “Yes." Those answers are not easily found, so this note will be useful for the very small number who are wondering what Canadian might be worthy of such a journal. It will also be of interest to the even smaller number who wonder what  non-Canadian is important enough to rate such attention from someone here in Canada.    It is very difficult to identify those individuals who have their very own periodical, unless you are willing to look up every single person you think might be important enough to have a journal, produced and printed over a period of time on their behalf. Identification of all of the single author journals was problematic before the Internet and remains so. Before the Internet, one very dedicated and diligent researcher rounded up all the single author journals she could find back in 1979. Over 1000 of them are listed and described in Margaret Patterson’s, Author Newsletter and Journals: An International Bibliography of Serial Publications Concerned With the Life and Works of Individual Authors. A few supplements were published by the author in Serials Review, but otherwise, there have been no other reference books about this subject.  Her book is well-indexed and from one of them I provide below, all of the entries that are “Canadian.” There are only a few and some relate to journals that are about Canadians, and the others about journals produced by Canadians or in Canada. Two of them are still being published, but the authors who are the subjects of these single author journals are not Canadian. The Chesterton Review was started in Saskatchewan and continues on at Seton Hall in New Jersey. Hume Studies began at the University of Western Ontario and the Humeans are still very active down the road at Brock University and elsewhere.   After the Internet one might have assumed that single author journals ceased to exist. It would seem to be far easier and less expensive to set up a website dedicated to the author, or publish an e-journal related to that individual. The two examples provided above indicate, however, that single author journals continue to exist, along with websites devoted to them. Finding them though is as difficult as it always was.  Provided below are two lists. The first one contains all of the references related to Canada that are found in Patterson’s, Author Newsletter and Journals. The second provides the search results found when attempting to identify Canadian single author journals on the Internet.

Stephen Leacock

1. CANADIAN SINGLE AUTHOR JOURNALS FOUND IN PATTERSON'S AUTHOR NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS Patterson’s book may not be readily available so I have included the information provided with each reference and the page number on which it is found in Author Newsletters and Journals. 

1. Bakhtin, Mikhail (1895-1975)

Bakhtin Newsletter (Le Bulletin Bakhtine)
Editor: Clive Thomson, French Department, Queen’s University
“Designed to facilitate communication among scholars interested in Bakhtin. The first issue included an analytical bibliography and news of past publications, current projects and future conferences.”
This reference is the only one not found in Author Newsletters… This one is from  the “Supplements” Patterson did in Serials Review. See this issue: Spring, 1984, p. 51.
This newsletter appears to have been published between 1983-1996. Additional information will be found at Queen’s. Western University has some issues in storage. 

2. Chesterton, G.K. (1874 -1936)

The Chesterton Review

In 2025, The Chesterton Review is still being published by the G.K.Chesterton Institute For Faith & Culture at Seton Hall University. Information about it is available at this website: https://www.shu.edu/chesterton/chesterton-review.html

   It is included on this list because it was established  in 1974 in the English Department at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. The title was: Chesterton Review: The Journal of the Chesterton Society. Here is the information provided by Patterson, p.62.

   Chesterton Review: The Journal of the Chesterton Society. Editor: Ian Boyd, Department of English, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, 1437 College Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7NOW6, Canada. Sponsor: The Chesterton Society. Fall/Winter 1974—. 2yr. $5(Canadians); $6(non-Canadians); $7(Institutions); $8(non-Canadian Institutions); £2 (Great Britain). [50-150p.] Circulation: 1,263, including 376 outside North America. Last issue examined: vol.4, 1978.

   “Concerned with “the promotion of a critical interest in all aspects of the life and works of G.K. Chesterton.” Critical and biographical studies on sources, influences, comparisons, style; review articles; previously unpublished works; reprints of inaccessible early works; surveys of Chesterton’s popularity and influence in foreign lands; extensive news and comments concerning national and International Chesterton Society meetings and financial status, seminars in North American and foreign countries, work in progress, new publications; reminiscences; brief notes: letters to the editor; bibliographies; poems; International contributors; annual index. The Chesterton Society has branch secretaries in England, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Poland and the United States.”

Indexed by: America History and Life and Historical Abstracts.

Alternate subtitle: Newsletter of the G.K. Chesterton Society, Fall-Winter 1974.

P.62.

3. Choquette, Robert (1905 - 1991)

Cahiers Du Cercle Robert Choquette.

Sponsor and publisher:  Collège de Saint-Laurent 

1956-64 (nos.1-9). Irregular. [40-65 p.]

American-born Canadian poet, novelist, dramatist.

“Dedicated to Choquette, a graduate of the Collège de Saint-Laurent. Composed mainly of poems to Choquette’s honor, with a few essays and stories; brief introductions.” p.63

Choquette was also a diplomat. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Dantin, Louis - see Seers, Eugène below.

4.Hume, David (1711-76)

   In 2025, Hume Studies is still being published and information about it is available at this website: https://www.humesociety.org/ojs/index.php/hs/index.

  It is included on this list because it was established at the University of Western Ontario in 1975.

“Scottish philosopher, historian.”

Hume Studies. Editor: John W. Davis, Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada. Sponsor: Faculty of Arts, University of Western Ontario, 1975—. 2/yr (April, November). $3.50 (individuals); $5.50 (institutions). [30-50 p.]. Last issue examined: vol.4, 1978.

“Devoted to historical and systematic research on David Hume. Long documented essays on Hume’s work; brief comments on his contemporaries, his influence, letters, manuscripts, and life; Hume bibliographies; notes and news on workshops of the Canadian Society of Eighteenth Studies and other research projects; notes on symposia, projected works; book reviews; announcements of books received. In English, French, German or Italian. Back issues available from Micromedia Limited, Box 34, Station 5, Toronto, Ontario, M5M4L6, Canada. 

[Note: The information immediately above is outdated. Current information and back issues are available from the Hume Society at the website provided at the top of this entry.]

Indexed by: America: History and Life and Philosopher’s Index.

P.166.

5. Leacock, Stephen (1869-1944)

Newspacket. Sponsor: Stephen Leacock Associates. P.O. Box 854, Orillia, Ontario. 

Spring 1970 –. Quarterly.

“Canadian humorist, political scientist."

P.192.

6. Seers, Eugène [Louis Dantin] (1865-1945)

Cahiers Louis Dantin. 

Louis Dantin was the pen name of Eugène Seers. Canadian poet, critic.

Publisher: Editions du  Bien public, Trois-Rivières, Québec. 

1962- (?) Irregular. [60-160 p.] Last issue examined, no.4, 1967.

“Previously unpublished letters from Dantin to his son; personal reminiscences, genealogy of the Seers family, announcements of new editions, with notes and descriptions of Dantin’s works.” 

P.278.

2. SELECTED RESULTS OF SEARCHES FOR CANADIAN SINGLE AUTHOR JOURNALS ON THE INTERNET

  I know of no way to find such things. I simply chose some Canadian authors to search. I am not a Canadianist and the list will be deemed “idiosyncratic” by those looking for an author from a particular province, or one who wrote in a language other than English, or from a specific ‘identity’. 

  A cursory search was done and the result is the Baker’s dozen provided below. A few single author journals are found and you will locate examples quickly under the entries for Margaret Atwood and Lucy Maud Montgomery, from which one can, at least conclude  that single author journals are not only for males. When there is no entry next to the name searched, that means that there was nothing much to notice beyond the basic reference sources and Wikipedia. In a few cases, I have provided some information which may be of use if you want to start your own single author journal about that person.

1. Atwood, Margaret

https://atwoodsociety.org/

   "The Margaret Atwood Society is an international association of scholars, teachers, and students who share an interest in Atwood’s work. The main goal of the Society is to promote scholarly exchange of Atwood’s works and cultural contributions by providing opportunities for scholars to exchange information. To reach this goal, we publish a journal, Margaret Atwood Studies, for which we invite submissions year round, and we host several panels each year on Atwood at various academic conferences, including at the Modern Language Association Convention (MLA), Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), and the Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA)."

2. Callaghan, Morley

3. COHEN, Leonard

Official Website

https://www.leonardcohen.com/

 Produces - The Leonard Cohen Newsletter
   The Leonard Cohen Files

https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/

"Welcome to The Leonard Cohen Files - a tribute to the music and poetry of the Canadian singer-songwriter-poet-novelist Leonard Cohen.

This website was launched in September 1995. The site is hosted by Jarkko Arjatsalo in Finland. The webmaster appreciates the continuous help and support provided by Leonard Cohen and his management."

4. DAVIES, Robertson

“Robertson Davies Collection” Queen’s University

https://web.archive.org/web/20100603151729/http://library.queensu.ca/robertsondavies

"Located on the historic campus of Queen's University in beautiful Kingston, Ontario, the W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library houses the personal library of Robertson Davies, the renowned Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor.

The Collection

Comprised of more than 5000 volumes, theatre prints and ephemera, this remarkable collection reflects Davies' deep interests in literature, literary criticism, art, music, theatre, theatre criticism, theatre biography and autobiography, film, drama, history and psychology. Many of the volumes are annotated with handwritten notes inserted.  Particular strengths are in 18th, 19th and 20th century theatre books and prompt copies. Many works are signed or first editions. The items will be shelved according to room order in which they were kept at Windhover, Davies’ country home in Caledon Hills."

5. GRANT, George Parkin

6. Laurence, Margaret

7. McFarlane, Leslie

8. MacLennan, Hugh

  The Hugh MacLennan Papers Online Project McGill University Libraries

https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/maclennan/bio.htm

9. MCLUHAN, Marshall

Official website:

https://marshallmcluhan.com/

   Marshall McLuhan Bibliography at Monoskop

https://monoskop.org/Marshall_McLuhan

"Welcome to Monoskop, a wiki for arts and studies.

Monoskop is an independent web-based educational resource and research platform for arts, culture and humanities founded in 2004."

10. MITCHELL, W.O.

Website W.O.Mitchell Ltd.

https://womitchell.ca/

11. Montgomery, Lucy Maud

 Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario

https://lucymaudmontgomery.ca/

  L.M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery Literary Society

https://lmmontgomeryliterarysociety.weebly.com/

The L. M. Montgomery Literary Society is an international community of readers with a special interest in the life of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942), her first novel, Anne of Green Gables, as well as her many other novels, 500+ short stories, poetry, letters and personal journals.

The Shining Scroll is the annual publication of the L,MMNL,S.  

 L.M. Montgomery Institute

https://lmmontgomery.ca//

 For additional information see: The L.M. Montgomery Institute, University of Prince Edward Island. https://lmmontgomery.ca/islandora/object/lmmi%3Acollection

Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/

   L.M. Montgomery Research Centre

https://web.archive.org/web/20090803190900/http://www.lmmrc.ca/

"The L.M. Montgomery Research Centre Web site is a scholarly resource designed to highlight the L.M. Montgomery Collection of the University of Guelph Library, making it visible and easily accessible to scholars and readers of Lucy Maud Montgomery."

12. RICHLER, Mordecai

13. Woodcock, George

Website:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130822150108/http://www.georgewoodcock.com/

"George Woodcock (1912-1995) has been variously described as "quite possibly the most civilized man in Canada,"  "Canada's Tolstoy," "by far Canada's most prolific writer," "a regional, national and international treasure" and "a kind of John Stuart Mill of dedication to intellectual excellence and the cause of human liberty." His unrivaled productivity as British Columbia's foremost man of letters was achieved in concert with consistent political ideals and humanitarian actions ever since he and Ingeborg Woodcock arrived in B.C. to build a cabin in 1949.

The Bonus: 
I usually provide one, so here it is. There was a single author journal called, The Curwood Collector. Although it is not about a Canadian and was not produced in Canada, it was published close by in Michigan and the popular author spent a lot of time in Canada, which he often wrote about and referred to as "God's Country." There is a festival every June in Owosso, Michigan to honour, James Oliver Curwood.

Bad News From Brescia

    The main purpose here is to move down the page the previous rather depressing post about "Water," while I think of a new topic.  Nonetheless, readers will benefit from this rehashing of university-related items since the resulting hash relates to an important local news story during a time when there is not much reporting of the local news.

   There was some news from Brescia University College this week and it was characterized as “bad” by many who followed the stories. Apparently most of those who attend Brescia thought it was not good, because this statement currently appears on the BUC website:
"OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WE EMPATHIZE DEEPLY WITH THE WAYS THE NEWS ABOUT BRESCIA’S TRANSFORMATION HAS AFFECTED YOU."
One way the transformation may be characterized is to say that Brescia, after working hard to change its name from "Brescia College" to "Brescia University College," will now become what seems to be much more a mere "college” than it formerly was. 

   This does not seem to be a good decision to me, but given that Brescia is (or was) committed to educating women, I will not appropriate the subject and instead simply offer resources which might be of use to readers of any gender. I will move from general sources from this blog to more specific and helpful ones directly related to the likely diminishment of Brescia University College.

Potemkin Villages?

There is a lot of construction on campus with more to come

  One hopes that “Brescia-like” stories do not become common across campuses across the country, but that, if they do, perhaps the citizenry will become more concerned. Here are some posts that relate, tenuously in some instances, to the matter at hand.

Perhaps The Lack of Money Is The Problem

  This post titled, “Bloomberg” was really about Johns Hopkins University and the massive amount of money it received from Michael Bloomberg. Actually, the post was mainly about money and in it there is a lament for Laurentian. Since none of you are likely to bother to read the post, here is the “Bonus” it contained. Do at least read it. The subject is Canadian universities about one hundred years ago. Not much has changed:

   The universities had no contact with one another. Most of them had been conceived, born, and nourished for sectarian purposes, and all were very poor. Because they were poor they were ill-nurtured, and were as a rule at odds with one another. Professors were badly paid, libraries were meagre, laboratories were few and scantily equipped, museums hardly existed. The provincial treasurers, harassed by other demands for which they were afraid to tax their constituents, took advantage of the divided interests of the colleges to refuse aid impartially to all. From: Fifty Years Retrospect: Canada, 1882-1932.

Ivory Towers in the Eastern Provinces

   In this one you will learn that Canada actually has “Maple League Universities.” In the “Bonus’ section you will also learn about other "Ivies" including the "Public Ones" and the "Hidden Ones." Unfortunately you will also find out that I thought Brescia was doing quite well back then, but offered some advice if it was ever needed. 

A Purpose For Brescia
   It is not quite clear what Brescia is to become, but it appears that it is to be a place for students not quite ready for university. Rather than teaching mainly women, Brescia will now focus on "prep courses for international and domestic students", even though the London International Academy is apparently doing that at two locations in downtown London
   If the merger fails and the lovely location is not usurped by the city for a "Homeless Hub," I suggest going after more mature students, many of whom will have already been to university. It is quite a trend and much more exciting for professors who won't have to teach elementary English or arithmetic. Seniors are flocking back to university towns and many are even roosting at times right on the campuses. See: "Lifelong Learning."

The Purpose of Universities
   Perhaps it is this that we are really not quite clear about.  An assessment of the purpose of HIGHER education is found in a review of four books on the subject which was in the Globe and Mail back in 2021. A summary is presented in this post - "The University" - and it is followed by a very long bibliography of books related to "University Education." Specific sources related to the Brescia situation follow and at the very end of it you will find a remark from the CAUT which I think is worth considering.

Sources:

"Brescia University College Students Plan Protest Amid Western Merger Announcement," Kelly Wang, Global News, Sept. 24, 2023.

"Brescia Merger With Western University 'Devastating' for Faculty, Students'," Heather Rivers, London Free Press, Sept. 23, 2023.

"Brescia's Students and Faculty 'Blindsided' by Decision to Merge with Western University," Isha Bhargava, CBC News, Sept. 24, 2023

"Hundreds Gather to Protest Brescia's Merger With Western University," Isha Bhargava, CBC News, Sept. 27, 2023.

"CAUT Opposes Merger Between Brescia and Western,"The Gazette, Om Shanbhag, Oct. 3, 2023. This article includes a link to the letter sent from the CAUT to President & Vice-Chancellor Alan Shepard of Western and President Lauretta Frederking of Brescia University College. This paragraph from it makes sense to me:

"The serious concerns raised by this matter beg the question of whether the integration as it is currently being planned should even proceed. If there is a desire to merge Brescia into Western, it should be from the start discussed openly with the Senate and faculty associations so that the academic community can assess the merits and, if agreeing, decide upon how such a merger could be properly managed from an educational perspective. At the very least, it is essential that the faculty associations have effective representation on the integration committee as their members and their rights are directly affected."

Post Script:

   It has been observed that this is a "Mast Year" in many areas and that the trees are producing more acorns and walnuts than usual. I hope that is the case for the PAWPAW TREES which have been planted on campus and that they continue to flourish along with Brescia University College.

The University

 

     I happened to notice this review of four new books relating to universities. I also happen to have in the bin, a bibliography relating to universities. Oddly enough, books about them are not easy to gather. Given the pandemic and the generally difficult times on campuses everywhere, there is much written about higher education. Some of the news is bad; for example, Laurentian’s bankruptcy and the absence of students in actual classrooms (see my earlier post: Campuses, Creative Destruction and the Coronavirus.) On the other hand, some academics who are dissatisfied with what is going on have decided to start a brand new one in Austin, Texas!

A summary of the review is presented and followed by the bibliography. Merry Christmas to those of you interested in higher education. Here is the source and the beginning paragraph along with portions of the reviews for each book.

"Power at the University: Books That Explore Higher Education as the Rehearsal Room for Democracy'" Simona Chiose, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 21, 2021.

"After 20 months of intermittent online learning, where the value of a university education can be easy to question as the experience is reduced to a checkerboard of names and faces, encountering a quartet of books that takes universities seriously is cause for optimism. Across these four books, the promise of universities burns bright, from improving democracy to accelerating incomes to life-changing discoveries. Nothing Less than Great: Reforming Canada’s Universities, Harvey Weingarten, "For Harvey Weingarten, the quality of undergraduate education is the first task. In Nothing Less than Great: Reforming Canada’s Universities, Weingarten – a former university president and higher education administrator – sets out his case that while Canadian universities are poised on the cusp of greatness, they are at risk of stagnation." “Is it so preposterous to contemplate an undergraduate curriculum structured around solutions to problems – a Department of Poverty Reduction or Climate Change Solutions – instead of the traditional departments that often operate in silos and create impediments to students who wish to learn in multi- and interdisciplinary ways?” he asks.... Governments and institutions must attend to improving their most important product: the human capital created in undergraduate education, he argues."

What Universities Owe Democracy, Ron Daniels

"The university as a place of promise and peril emerges clearly in Ron Daniels’ What Universities Owe Democracy. Alarmed by the attempted January 6, 2021 coup in the United States and armed with international surveys showing declines in democracies’ political health, Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University (and a Canadian), advances the most forceful argument for universities as change-makers.

In spite of Daniels’ hopes, the university emerges as an imperfect vessel for democracy. Seized with the university’s role on the national stage, Daniels misses the opportunity to reckon with how demands for internal change and representation can advance democracy. And significantly, for a book published after the first peak of the pandemic, he does not address remote learning, which offered a glimpse at how access can be truly expanded even as it underlined how there is no replacement for humans sharing physical space."

Allies and Rivals: German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University, Emily Levine

"Levine begins her story with the founding of the University of Berlin in 1809, the prototype of an institution that “would authenticate and legitimize knowledge” in order to educate a “professional civil service and competitive military.” (The University of Berlin, now the Humboldt University of Berlin, would go on to be home for 57 Nobel laureates.) From this origin story, she travels back and forth across the Atlantic to trace how German and American men leveraged professional education and their respective countries’ hunger for expertise and science as the foundation for their own ascent."

Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First, Indira Samarasekera and Martha Piper.

"Closer in time and geography, Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First, reinforces the message that universities are slow-moving beasts. Written by Indira Samarasekera, a former president of the University of Alberta, and Martha Piper, a former president of the University of British Columbia, the book provides advice to accompany every professional phase in women’s careers, from reaching for leadership to retirement."

The Bibliography

   This bibliography is a good one, but it is almost a decade old. The essay accompanying it is still worth reading. 

"The University, the Market, and Professors: A Bibliographic Essay," Ethan Schrum

The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture

Spring 2012 / Volume 14 / No. 1 - The Entire Issue is Devoted to “The Corporate Professor.”

The headings are supplied by Schrum. Those books that are highlighted are available in the libraries at Western. That some of them are not available is explained by the fact that the subject of higher education did not fall under the purview of a particular collections librarian. Before heading to campus, you should double-check.

The History of Universities since World War II

Bender, Thomas, and Carl E. Schorske, eds. American Academic Culture in Transformation: Fifty Years, Four Disciplines. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997.

Chomsky, Noam, et al. The Cold War & the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years. New York, NY: New, 1997.

Freeland, Richard M. Academia’s Golden Age: Universities in Massachusetts, 1945–1970. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1992. Online

Geiger, Roger L. Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research Universities Since World War II. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993. Storage

Kerr, Clark. The Uses of the University. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963. Several Copies

Leslie, Stuart W. The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1993. Several Copies & Online

Loss, Christopher P. Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011. Online

Lowen, Rebecca S. Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997.

Nisbet, Robert. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma: The University in America, 1945–1970. New York, NY: Basic, 1971. Storage

O’Mara, Margaret Pugh. Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. Storage & Online

Simpson, Christopher, ed., Universities and Empire: Money and Politics in the Social Sciences During the Cold War. New York, NY: New, 1998. Weldon

Markets

Bok, Derek. Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. Storage & King’s

Geiger, Roger. Knowledge and Money: Research Universities and the Paradox of the Marketplace. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004. Storage

Kirp, David L. Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. Business & King’s

Slaughter, Sheila, and Gary Rhoades. Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Slaughter, Sheila, and Larry L. Leslie. Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Storage

Corporatization and the Fate of the Professor

Donoghue, Frank. The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2008. Online

Ginsberg, Benjamin. The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why it Matters. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Gould, Eric. The University in a Corporate Culture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. King’s & Storage

Somerville, C. John. Religious Ideas for Secular Universities. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009. King’s

The Bonus:

Nerve... is published by ECW Press, about which I knew nothing. What do the initials stand for? I'm still not exactly sure:

At first the acronym was self-descriptive: Essays on Canadian Writing (the name of the journal of literary criticism we started in 1974). But as the company grew and changed, our name, in our minds, also changed. We’ve heard the company called Essential Canadian Writing, Excellent Contemporary Writing, or, more recently, Extreme Cutting-Edge Writing. And these names have been, and still are, appropriate. But now we realize that each of those letters represents a particular strain of ECW Press’s diverse passions — Entertainment, Culture, Writing.

ECW Press is located in Toronto and they have their own blog.