Kafka's Hat
Translated by Chantal Bilodeau
By Patrice Martin

In Patrice Martin’s ticklish tip of the hat to the writing of Franz Kafka, we follow the misadventures of a bureaucrat – aptly named “P.” (pun intended) – as he embarks on the illustrious task of collecting the titular headgear. “P.” expects that the accomplishment of this seemingly simple task will grant him both a professional and a personal promotion. But Martin’s eager protagonist has overlooked the systematic difficulty in modern bureaucracies – as well as in some of twentieth-century’s best
fiction – of getting things done.

Kerrisdale Elegies
By George Bowering

Bowering responds to Rilke’s Duino Elegies. In the intertextuality of these two great works can be found post-modern writing that is self-aware, where the other is discovered in the process of the writer writing.

King Arthur's Night and Peter Panties
By Marcus Youssef & Niall McNeil
Introduction by & Al Etmanski

A collaboration across perceptions of cognitive difference.

King of Thieves
By George F. Walker

New York City, 1928. Master thief Mac must join an FBI sting operation against a cadre of corrupt bankers. Music, murder, and mayhem ensue, both at the speakeasy where criminals scheme and on Wall Street where financiers conspire. This satirical play with songs exposes the world of corporate crime and, like The Beggar’s Opera of 1728 that inspired it, challenges the conservatism that is increasingly apparent today.

Kuei, My Friend
By Deni Ellis Béchard & Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Translated by & Deni Ellis Béchard & Howard Scott

Kuei, My Friend is an engaging book of letters: a literary and political encounter between Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine and Québécois-American novelist Deni Ellis Béchard. Choosing the epistolary form, they decided to engage together in a frank conversation about racism and reconciliation. Intentionally positioned within the contexts of the…