![]() The result: History doesn't necessarily repeat, but it sometimes rhymes. Rader's other binding force is his juxtaposition of the historical and the contemporary, switching between the early 20th century and 100 years later. ![]() Wilson's from Once You Break a Knuckle (Rader and Wilson share several influences, most notably Tim Winton). Rader's working-class cast is sometimes reminiscent of D.W. Part of it is shared setting – Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, where Rader grew up – and with setting, character and theme. All the more striking, then, that they seem so cohesive here. Two-thirds of the stories in this debut collection from poet Matt Rader have appeared in one form or another elsewhere. ![]() By Matt Rader, Nightwood, 256 pages, $21.95 ![]()
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