Selected Works
- The Lady Who Sold Furniture, 1970
- Going Down Slow, 1972
- The Teeth of My Father, 1975
- Girl in Gingham, 1978
- General Ludd, 1981
- Kicking Against the Pricks, 1982
- Selected Stories, 1982
- Adult Entertainment, 1986
- What is a Canadian Literature?, 1988
- Shooting the Stars, 1992
- Freedom from Culture, 1993
- An Aesthetic Underground: A Literary Memoir, 2003
- Forde Abroad, 2003
- Standing Stones, 2004
- Shut Up He Explained: A Literary Memoir Volume II, 2007
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