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Lucky Yvon : How a starving Yosemite ironmonger became the King of Patagonia
Magazine feature on American climber, outdoors enthusiast, and entrepreneur, Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia company. Profile of Chouinard's climbing adventures, his company's successes, and the convergence of a love for the outdoors with a knack for business. How Patagonia has changed the climbing industry, and how a climber relates to the business world. Chouinard's image featured on magazine cover. -
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media: "To date, 30 states have passed English-only laws, and many American[s] are skeptical of bilingual education because they want their children to learn in English, not Chinese or Spanish. 'Speaking in Tongues,' the latest documentary by Bay Area filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, sheds light on the cognitive and developmental value of learning in two languages at a young age..." -
Time for Maine to secede from U.S., consider joining Canada
Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states. -
Juliana L'Heureux: Reawakening French at UMaine at Augusta
Article on University of Maine at Augusta professor, Chelsea Ray, and her commitment to French language, comparative literature, and the Franco-American communities in which she finds herself immersed as teacher. -
Speaking in Tongues
Documentary film on multilingual and multicultural education in the United States. The personal, social, and political implications of teaching in languages other than English, and the complex realities of immigrant families' hopes for their children's education. Set in California, in the context of various states considering "English only" legislation. Considers the developmental benefits of multilingual youth education. From PatchWork Productions: "In a time where 31 states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. We follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world." -
Histoire de Montferrand : L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw
Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New England, Minnesota, and Michigan by the late nineteenth century. -
French Canadians in the United States
Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.Tags Bellechasse PQ, California, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Holyoke MA, Illinois, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Michigan, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Social History, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Vermont, War, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Island, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
Disobedient Ancestors
Personal and historical essay weaving a son's reflections on his Québec-born, rebellious, itinerant father through the changing shape of Catholicism in New France, Lower Canada, and Québec into the 21st century. The persistent grip of a longtime North American family's roots. His father's formative youth and later hatred of clergy, their tenuous relationship, the power of cultural narrative, and the shapes that one's departing quests from them can take. -
L'émigration des Canadiens aux États-Unis avant 1930 : mesure du phénomiène
Une analyse des principles sources statistiques sur l'émigration de peuples canadiens aux ètats-Unis avant 1930. Des tableaux et des graphiques démographique; des notes evaluatives par l'auteur sur leur signification et leur importance pour comprendre le processus de cent ans de migration. Des données provenant de sources informatiques gouvernmentales de Canada et des ètats Unis, de recherche académiques, et d'autres sources ; des explications et comparaisons des données. Accent géographique sur ¹¹le mouvement au Nord-Est américain. Table des matiières:
Introduction 1 - Les statistiques migratoires des ètats-Unis
2 - Les recensements américains
3 - Les recensements canadiens
4 - Les enquêtes gouvernmentales
5 - Les statistiques et les enquêtes non officielles
6 - Confrontation des principales sources statistiques en vue de determiner le volume de l'émigration des Canadiens aux ètats-Unis
Conclusion
Bibliographie
Listes des tableaux et des graphiquesTags Biddeford ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Adams MA, North Dakota, Northampton MA, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Troy NY, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
En quête d'Amérique
Booklet accompaniment to the 1990 exhibition, "En quête d'Amérique," created by the Museology Program at Laval University and Québec's Musée de la civilisation. A brief presentation of the contemporary French Canadian presence in North America as a series of quests and a reflection of popular mobility. Migration between Québec and New England from 1840 to 1930; between Québec and Western Canada; and to the US Midwest and West Coast. Published as an extension of the 1990 colloquium, "Le Québec et les francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," sponsored by the Chaire pour le développement de la recherche sur la culture d'expression française em Amérique du Nord. -
Lucky Yvon : How a starving Yosemite ironmonger became the King of Patagonia
Magazine feature on American climber, outdoors enthusiast, and entrepreneur, Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia company. Profile of Chouinard's climbing adventures, his company's successes, and the convergence of a love for the outdoors with a knack for business. How Patagonia has changed the climbing industry, and how a climber relates to the business world. Chouinard's image featured on magazine cover. -
Mission catholique et française en Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une collection de discours, sermons, des papiers, des émissions de radio, articles de journaux, les manifestes, et d'autres présentations sur le thième de soutenir et de préserver la religion catholique et la culture franco-américaine dans le vingtiième siiècle. Présentée à l'origine dans différentes villes en Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Québec, mais représentée ici en grande partie par des paroles et écritures de l'auteur, le curé Thomas-Marie Landry, à Fall River, MA. Des opinions concernant les thièmes de la foi, l'ethnicité et la citoyenneté.
Apriès l'avant-propos, les écritures qui suivent:
"Garde le dépot que l'on t'a confié" (sermon, 1942) Réflexions sur le role du pretre chez les Franco-Américains (allocution, 1942) La situation actuelle des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (rapport, 1946) "La véritable situation des Franco-Américans de la Nouvelle Angleterre" (rapport, 1952), M. Laure B. Lussier "Y aura-t-il demain une vie franco-américaine en Nouvelle-Angleterre?" (rapport, 1952) La situation franco-américaine (rapport, 1955) Le Franco-Américain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en cette fin d'année 1958 (causerie) Aux origines de notre destin français (discours, 1958) Les minorités françaises sont-elles viables en Amérique du Nord? (causerie, 1960) Les conditions essentielles à notre survie (discours, 1949) Notre vie franco-américaine (doctrine, 1949) Un manifeste (1955) Solidarité ethnique et fierté nationale (rapport, 1957) Solidarité ethnique et éducation franco-américaine (rapport, 1957) Selon quels sens faut-il diriger l'évolution de notre vie franco-américaine? (discours, 1959) Le clergé franco-américain et les besoins de l'heure présente (article, 1949) La paroisse franco-américaine (sermon, 1952) La mission de la femme franco-américaine d'aujourd'hui (Projet de Manifeste, 1951) Pourquoi cette Fédération féminine franco-américaine? (étude, 1951) La jeunesse franco-américaine à la croisées des chemins (discours, 1948) A quelle école envoyer mon enfant? (conseils, 1950) Conseils à de jeunes étudiantes (discours, 1955) A nos amis, les Artisans (sermon, 1950) La Société des Artisans, les Franco-Américains et le Comité d'Orientation (discours, 1950) Et vous, chers Canado-américains (sermon, 1952) Le journal franco-américain (temoignage, article, 1955) Radio française et vie franco-américaine (1957) Leçons de la fete patronale (allocution, 1945) "Reflexions et remerciements" (allocution, 1954) Trois petits mots d'ordre (allocution, 1954) Voeux et souhaits de Bonne Année (Message du Nouvel An, 1954) Hommages et Voeux (1955) Quelques "remontrances" (causerie, 1956) Souhaits de Bonne Annee (causerie, 1957) La sainte de France (hommage, 1956) Les Saints Martyrs Canadiens (sermon, 1950) Le prêtre (sermon, 1955) Le prêtre-religieux (sermon, 1956) Un curé de chez-nous (éloge, 1947) Et un vicaire (éloge, 1952) Nos religieuses (sermon, 1955) Médecins franco-américains (éloge, 1951) Le docteur Georges A. Boucher (éloge, 1956) Nos magistrats (hommage, 1957) Adieu, chers paroissiens (sermon, 1957)Tags Boston MA, Brockton MA, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Florida, France, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media: "To date, 30 states have passed English-only laws, and many American[s] are skeptical of bilingual education because they want their children to learn in English, not Chinese or Spanish. 'Speaking in Tongues,' the latest documentary by Bay Area filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, sheds light on the cognitive and developmental value of learning in two languages at a young age..." -
L'évolution de la presse franco-américaine aux États-Unis
Une vue d'ensemble de l'histoire de la presse franco-américaine du 19e et 20e siiècles, écrit par un professeur de Millersville State College. Commentaire sur les divers publications et leur ampleur géographique à la hauteur de leurs succiès. L'évolution de leur popularité en tant que liée à l'évolution culturelle et linguistique des communautés franco-américaines, la Deuxiième Guerre mondiale comme un tournant.Tags Attleboro MA, Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, California, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Detroit MI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Journalism, Kansas, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nashua NH, Nebraska, New Bedford MA, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Orono ME, Pennsylvania, Providence RI, Québec, Salem MA, Sanford ME, South Dakota, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Virginia, Washington, Waterville ME, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Wyoming -
Number and Percent of Persons with French Mother Tongue : States, Counties (Parishes), Places of 10,000 or More, SMSA's of 250,000 or More, and Urban and Rural Residence, New England and Louisiana, 1970
Presentation of data acquired in the 1970 United States census. Statistics collected specifically on the populations of persons of French mother tongue in New England and Louisiana. Illustrates in table form their distribution by county, city, town, and state, and indicates percentage of each total area's population. Also mentions other states where francophones exist less prominently than in the featured states of the study. An often-cited report in the sociology of Franco Americans, compiled by a Franco American scholar from Maine.Tags California, Connecticut, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin -
L'identité culturelle : les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une description des moeurs et de la vie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Une exploration de la survivance dans le contexte d'une histoire précise et d'un avenir imprévisible pour un peuple francophone aux Etats-Unis. Etude sociologique compréhensif des Franco-Américains, du dix-neuviième siiècle jusqu'à 1983.Tags Amherst MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, California, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Indiana, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nashua NH, New England, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Portland ME, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Texas, United States, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI -
Time for Maine to secede from U.S., consider joining Canada
Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states. -
Juliana L'Heureux: Reawakening French at UMaine at Augusta
Article on University of Maine at Augusta professor, Chelsea Ray, and her commitment to French language, comparative literature, and the Franco-American communities in which she finds herself immersed as teacher. -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Biddeford ME, Boston MA, California, Champlain NY, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Geography, Glens Falls NY, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Northampton MA, Ogdensburg NY, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Syracuse NY, Toronto ON, Watertown NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens et les Canadiens aux États-Unis
Une histoire des débuts d'une paroisse nationale catholique franco-américain de Worcester, Massachusetts, dans le cadre de tous les Canadiens francophones aux États-Unis de la seconde moitié du dix-neuviième siiècle. Pensées sur le phénomiène d'immigration. Une liste des sousscripteurs de l'église de Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens. -
A Franco-American Overview : Midwest and West
Volume 2 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the second of six volumes, presents 15 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in western and midwestern United States. The following articles are presented: 'French Explorers and Settlers in Northern California, 1769-1870' (William George Reese); 'The Church in Colonial America 1492-1790' (John Tracy Ellis); 'The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina' (Arthur Henry Hirsch); 'Le Canadien-Francais et L'Amerindien' ('The French-Canadian and the American Indian,' Charles Noyes); 'Belle-Riviere, Griffon et Creve-Coeur: La Tenace Poursuite d'un Reve Imperial' ('Beautiful River, Griffin and Heartbreak: The Tenacious Pursuit of an Imperial Dream,' M. Helene Pauly); 'De Normandie en Mongolie? Nicolet chez les Etranges Winebagos' ('From Normandy to Mongolia? Nicolet in the Land of the Strange Winebagos,' M. Helene Pauly); 'The Fur Trade in Wisconsin' (Larry Gara); 'The French Residents of Wisconsin' (Louise Phelps Kellogg); 'Minnesota--A History of the State' (Theodore C. Blegen); 'The Historical Geography of Detroit' (Almon Ernest Parkins); 'The Story of Detroit' (George B. Catlin); 'Annals of St. Louis in its Early Days under the French and Spanish Dominations' (Frederic L. Billon); 'Gulf Coast Country' (Hodding Carter and Anthony Ragusin); 'Sketches of Early Texas and Louisiana' (Frederic Gaillardet); and 'Four Cents an Acre' (Georges Oudard)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, California, Death and Disaster, Detroit MI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Louisiana, Minnesota, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, Texas, United States, Wisconsin -
Histoire de la presse Franco-Américaine : Comprenant l'historique de l'émigration des Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis, leur développement, et leur progriès
Du texte: "Inventaire chronologique des journaul et revues publies en langue francais aux États-Unis pour les Canadiens-Français émigrés, de 1838 jusque'a 1911, et qui n'existent plus aujourd'hui." Il aussi tiens beaucoup d'images de celles publications (quotidiennes, par semaine, etc.) qui sont non seulement franco-americaines, mais sont écrit en français.Tags California, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Religion, Rhode Island, St. Albans NY, Troy NY, Worcester MA -
The Handbook of French Place Names in the U.S.A.
Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest. -
Les droits linguistiques des Franco-Américains aux états-Unis
Une histoire légale moderne sur la langue française à la Louisiane, la Nouvelle Angleterre, le Midwest É.U., et des autres états qui contiennent les grandes populations francophones. -
French Colonists and Exiles in the United States
French presence in the United States from 1684 to the beginning of the 20th century. Includes early missions from France to the American South and Midwest, colonies in Louisiana, Huguenot communities on the Mid-Atlantic American coast, French soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, and French travelers in the region of the United States. Also includes a list of French place names in the United States.Tags California, Education, Exploration and Colonization, France, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Religion, South Carolina, Virginia, War, West Virginia -
Coming to America : A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
Comprehensive history of immigration to the United States from the 17th to the 21st century. Divided into [ ] parts: Colonial America; The Century of Immigration (1820-1924); and Modern Times.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, California, China, Cuba, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Germany, Government and Politics, Greece, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Labor History, Mexico, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Norway, Pennsylvania, Poland, Puerto Rico, Québec, Religion, Scotland, Sweden -
A Pictorial History of Immigration
American immigration history in photos by the author of the award-winning historical piece, "The Uprooted." -
La presse chez les Franco-Américains
Une collection des titres des journaux de langue française et des articles de périodiques franco-américains de la Nouvelle Angleterre. Une introduction historique de la grande variété dans la presse écrite franco-américain des 19e et 20e siiècles.Tags Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, California, Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, Cohoes NY, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Kankakee County IL, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Marinette WI, Marquette MI, Minneapolis MN, Montréal QC, Muskegon MI, New England, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Norwich CT, Orono ME, Providence RI, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. Martinville LA, St. Paul MN, Taunton MA, Van Buren ME, Woonsocket RI -
The French Canadians Outside of Québec
Brief essay from an early twentieth-century Canadian senator on the presence of French Canadians in the United States and the provinces of Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, California, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Geography, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Ontario, Oregon, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, US Midwest, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Design of a Franco-American Restaurant as a Community Education Device
Master's thesis proposing a restaurant whose design and theme aim toward public education about Franco American culture. How this project is situated in a larger, national discussion about "the value of ethnic identity" (1). A demographic background on Franco Americans, and how cultural information about them might be used in a public history program. Sketches of the restaurant's physical structure. How the building's layout and contents relate to experiential learning: about traditional French Canadian architectures and histories, Franco American foodways, and modern Franco American life. -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart. -
Your People's Ways
Short fiction piece told from the perspective of Rosaire, a young woman who suffers from a painful and mysterious physical injury. Movements in the relationship between Rosaire and her partner Gabriela, a graduate student, who decides to travel from their Michigan home to California, where a past boss and former lover suffers from cancer. -
La littérature franco-américaine : écrivains et écritures
Un livre d'essais critiques et biographiques sur la littérature franco-américane et ses créateurs. Certains extraits littéraires des œuvres littéraire d'auteurs franco-américains contemporains, en anglais et français. Présenté en deux parties; un préface de la rédactrice, Claire Quintal, Directrice de l'Institut Français, Collège de l'Assumption, Worcester Massachusetts.
Book of critical and biographical essays on historical Franco American writers and their works; literary excerpts from the prose and poetry of contemporary Franco American writers. Essays presented in French, with contemporary literary writings in both French and English. Presented in two parts, with a preface written by the editor, Claire Quintal, director of the French Institute at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Table des matières:
Première partie / Part One:
"Louis Dantin (1865-1945)," par Yves Garon, a.a.
"Les Franco-Américains et l'institution littéraire québécoise : le cas de Rémi Tremblay," par Régis Normandeau
"Will James, né Ernest Dufault - romancier du Far-Ouest," par Florence Tormey Blouin
"Camille Lessard-Bissonnette - à la recherche d'un féminisme franco-américain," par Janet-L. Shideler
"La littérature franco-américaine dans un Petit Canada de la Nouvelle Angleterre: Holyoke, Massachusetts," par Ernest-B. Guillet
"Rosaire Dion-Lévesque, fils d'expatriés," Michel Lapierre
"Au-delà de la route: l'identité franco-américaine de Jack Kerouac," par Robert-B. Perreault
Deuxième partie / Part Two:"Tsi Gars," by David Plante
"A Pearl of Great Price," by Gerard Robichaud
"Un Mot de Chez-Nous," par Normand-C. Dubé
"On Writing a Novel about Franco-Americans," by Richard L. Belair
"Ideas of Order in Little Canada," by Bill Tremblay
"Reading from a Work in Progress," by Jacquie Giasson Fuller
Notices biographiques / Biographical notes, by Claire QuintalTags Boston MA, California, Central Falls RI, Criticism and Review, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Montana, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New England, New Mexico, New York NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Worcester MA -
Selected Letters , 1940-1956
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and family, friends, and other literary figures before 1956. Includes letters to and from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; to Kerouac's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac; Neal Cassady; Alfred Kazin; and many others. Contain references to early writings, travels, relationships, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Disobedient Ancestors
Personal and historical essay weaving a son's reflections on his Québec-born, rebellious, itinerant father through the changing shape of Catholicism in New France, Lower Canada, and Québec into the 21st century. The persistent grip of a longtime North American family's roots. His father's formative youth and later hatred of clergy, their tenuous relationship, the power of cultural narrative, and the shapes that one's departing quests from them can take. -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Isand, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart.