{"product_id":"letters-from-montreal-tales-of-an-exceptional-city-9781550656084","title":"Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters From Montreal: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e documents the experiences of Montrealers past and present, creating a portrait of the storied city unlike any other. Drawn from the celebrated column in \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, this anthology features Canadian writers documenting a quintessential part of local life. Narrated with the intimacy of journal entries, each letter bridges the playful and profound. In early dispatches, Melissa Bull ditches a boyfriend over p?tanque in Parc Laurier; Sean Michaels watches Arcade Fire lose Battle of the Bands; Deborah Ostrovsky frets over the sublime sophistication of the Plateau's French children. More recently, Ziya Jones spends a summer herding sheep through Parc du P?lican; Eva Crocker performs in a \"fake orgasm choir\" at the Rialto Theatre; and Andr? Picard takes a pause from the pandemic by running up Mount Royal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\/i\u0026gt; Editor-in-Chief \u003cb\u003eMadi Haslam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, these letters buzz with a sense of possibility, surprise and transformation. They remind us that a city can't quite be defined, that every person inside it interprets it anew. Together, they explore how we make meaning in the place we call home-how our surroundings shape us, and how we shape them in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadi Haslam\u003c\/b\u003e is the Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Her reporting has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThis\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003e The Walrus, Briarpatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolicy Options, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGUTS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received two Canadian Online Publishing Awards and a CAJ nomination, and she holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. She lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453600567570,"sku":"9781550656084","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8595106c-6319-4552-beda-12fdd93442a9.jpg?v=1729851150","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-from-montreal-tales-of-an-exceptional-city-9781550656084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}