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	La Sagouine A rural Acadian talks about the census and what it means to be French, but not "France French" or "Québecois." By Antonine Maillet
	Cape Breton History From the Book of Days: "A local man is appointed to be chief inspector of pickled fish." - June 26, 1833 By Pamela Newton

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	Maritime Life Patty Osborne goes on an East Coast vacation and encounters fiddlers, folklore and very old houses. By Patty Osborne
	Poverty in PEI Eve Corbel calls this compilation of stories about growing up in PEI during the depression a "small, beautiful, disturbing and touching book." By Eve Corbel

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW Life on the Rock Patty Osborne on Crackie by Sherry White. More » A Kid in Los Alamos Alana Mairs on Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume. More » Women Taking Back the Streets Michael Hayward on Lauren Elkin's Flâneuse. More »

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