Book cover of Rag PIckers by Blaine Newton, published by University of Calgary Press

Rag Pickers

by Blaine Newton

University of Calgary Press

2025

Fiction

CDN: $29.99

9781773856193

Funny and heartbreaking, these stories pick at the edge of human lives and reassemble the pieces in search of meaning and connection.

A sinister note sewn in the lining of a vintage jacket from a second-hand store compels a young woman to make changes in her life. A brother discovers his dying twin has been burying jars of coins in an attempt to create mystery in a neighbourhood. On his 43rd birthday, a man realizes that the critical events of his life occur in years when his age is a prime number. A woman reconfigures her stick figure on the back window of the family minivan in an act of defiance and reinvention.

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