Now that classes are done and the holidays are pretty well here, time to catch up on some pleasure reading–and nothing says pleasure and holidays like Canadian literary criticism! Second-year MLIS student Nicole Dixon’s polemic essay in Canadian Notes and Queries (CNQ), entitled, “The Other F-Word: The Disappearance of Feminism from Our Fiction,” is the lead essay in issue #80. You can purchase the beautiful magazine (illustrated by Seth) in Halifax at Atlantic News (at the corner of Morris and Queen) or read the article online here. The essay is already generating a buzz on the blogosphere–check out why!