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On Stands Now: Spring 2013, Volume 105 Number 4
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In this issue ... Spirited Women
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Meaghan's Turn, oil on canvas, 30" x 24", 2010, by Ginok Song.
You’re Not From Here, Are You? By Roger Bill
Introductions sometimes go like this: “Hi, I’m Paul (insert any Newfoundland family
name).” “Hi, my name is Roger Bill.” “Where do you live?” “Pouch Cove.” But, hearing my
lingering American accent, Paul will say, “You’re not from here, are you?” My reply?
“No, my childhood home was in the US.” At this point, a long time ago, I would carry
on and say something about moving to Newfoundland in 1971 to go to Memorial
University. Now I kind of wait for what comes next...
Hunters of Seal and Transformers of Landscape: The First “Come From Aways”
The Vikings, the Basque, the English,
the Portuguese, the French, and the Irish
are among the waves of inhabitants who
came from away to live and work in
Newfoundland and Labrador for a season,
or for their lives and livelihoods. But
who were the very first people to settle
here? The NQ spoke with archeologists
Priscilla Renouf and Patricia Wells...
Ralph O’Brien: An Unsung Hero of Newfoundland Music By Bob Hallett
The current diverse and healthy
Newfoundland music scene is a surprisingly sophisticated industry. It was not always so. Our creative musical
industry is barely a half-century old, and if it wasn’t for a handful of ‘Come-
From-Aways,’ might not have existed at all...
Properly Snared By Azzo Rezori
It didn’t take very long for my partner
Brenda and I to figure out that we were
in a good place after we first arrived in
St John’s 27 years ago. That I myself
was also in the right place took a little
longer to sink in...
Carrying On By John Pratt
Visitors From Other Lands By Derek Pelley
Catherine McLean Fraser By Suzanne Sexty
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