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In the Excerpt section you can get a glimpse of the writers’ work.  Please feel free to react to, or comment on, the pieces you read in this supportive forum. If you are moved to write a response piece or share some writing of your own, please do so. 

The first excerpt was James McLean’s poem “Creative Thinking,” a powerful remembrance of hard times in Scotland in the late 1930s when Mr. McLean was a boy. His reading is emotionally hardhitting; please check back for the accompanying audio file to be posted soon.

Up on the site now is Joan Morelli”s piece, “Pain Street,” a concise portrait of the ups and downs of living along Vancouver’s Main Street.

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The chapbook “thursdays: poems and prose from the Downtown Eastside” is a paper reflection of a group of writers that has been meeting every Thursday  afternoon at the Carnegie Community Centre on the downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

The word “chapbook” is said to come from the Old English “ceop” for “cheap,” meaning that chapbooks are generally printed affordably by individuals or indie presses. “thursdays:poems and prose from the Downtown Eastside” is a 32 page book with a colour cover, a stapled spine and its own ISBN, meaning it is officially registered with the National Library of Canada. Coming soon: a Paypal feature enabling you to purchase copy on-line.

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