Lionel Shapiro in 1955: ‘What is distinctively Canadian literature?’

‘Only in Canada is Canadian writing derided, decried and indeed dismissed as nonexistent,’ said Shapiro, one of the most versatile and widely recognized writers Canada had ever produced

Lionel Shapiro
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