Both Dylan and Cohen have been a presence on the music and poetry landscape spanning six decades. This book begins with a discussion of their contemporary importance, and how they have sustained their enduring appeal as performers and recording artists. The authors argue that both Dylan and Cohen shared early aspirations that mirrored the Beat Generation. They sought to achieve the fame of Dylan Thomas, who proved a bohemian poet could thrive outside the academy, and to live his life of un...

Dans les suites d’une réflexion sur la place et le positionnement de la revue Nouvelles pratiques sociales, amorcée il y a quelque temps (Gaudreau, 2020), le travail du Comité scientifique a été relancé à l’automne 2022. Afin que les membres du comité puissent faire connaissance et échanger, dans le contexte de l’intégration de nouvelles personnes, nous avons attendu que la levée des mesures sanitaires liées à la pandémie de la COVID-19 permette une rencontre collective en présence. Celle-...

Henrietta St. Bernard grows up in the 1960s, a member of a large family of French-speaking Canadian immigrants trying to survive in an English-speaking country. She is the only child born with the St. Bernard thumb—a pimple-like mass on her chin that finally goes away when she is three months old, leaving a brown spot on her chin from age three. From an early age, Henrietta experiences severe abuse from her parents and, to a lesser degree, her older siblings. They called her ugly and stupi...