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## Seen Reading

julie wilson

From Seen Reading, published by Freehand Books in 2012. Julie Wilson’s writing has appeared in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, Taddle Creek and Maisonneuve, and at cbc.ca. She is the host of 49thShelf.com.

Ticknor

Sheila Heti

(House of Anansi Press, 2005)

p 65

Asian female, early 20s, wearing blue-and-red knitted cap,jean jacket under black vest, and jeans rolled high over black biker boots.

Town House

Tish Cohen

(HarperCollins, 2007)

near the beginning

Black female, early 30s, with shaved head and pencilled-ineyebrows, wearing all black, carrying black-and-hot-pink backpack,black-and-hot-pink padlock attached to zipper.

No One Belongs Here More Than You

Miranda July

(Scribner, 2008)

p 91

Caucasian male, late 30s, with short brown hair, wearingglasses and blue-and-pink striped shirt, carrying folded-over black plastic bagunder his arm.

Payback

Margaret Atwood

(House of Anansi Press, 2008)

p 42

Caucasian female, late 40s, with short brown hair, wearingblack coat, dark violet scarf and black leather gloves.

The City of Words

Alberto Manguel

(House of Anansi Press, 2007)

p 126

Caucasian female, mid-20s, with long brown hair tucked intoknitted cap.

The Sweet Edge

Alison Pick

(Raincoast Books, 2005)

p 153

Caucasian female, early 60s, with short blond hair, wearingglasses, tan coat, white collared shirt, and pale green silk scarf.

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008)

p 150

Caucasian male, early 50s, with long face, wavy, grey hairparted down the middle, “I Am Salman Rushdie” button pinned on North Facejacket, wearing red jeans and white sneakers.

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

(Vintage, 1991)

near the end

Caucasian male, 60s, with close-cropped white hair, wearingblack leather jacket, and red, white, and black skull cap, smoking pipe.

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

(Anchor, 2002)

p 43

Asian male, mid-20s, with short brown hair, wearingbroad-framed glasses, pink collared shirt under brown cardigan, and purplepaisley scarf.

Atmospheric Disturbances

Rivka Galchen

(HarperCollins, 2008)

p 63

South Asian male, with short brown hair and labret piercing,wearing glasses, grey hoodie under black fleece, low black jeans, and blackConverse sneakers.

Sweeter Than Honey

Mary B. Morrison

(Kensington, 2009)

p 56

Black woman, early 40s, wearing white sleeveless shirt, grey dress capris, thick-soled black sneakers, carrying turquoise leather purse.