Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer

Confessions of a small press racketeer is equal parts literary memoir, reckless tirade, and unsolicited advice for the aspiring writer. Drawn largely from Stuart Ross's notorious "Hunkamooga" column in Word: Toronto's Literary Calendar, it's a roller-coaster journey into the mind of one of Canada's most committed small press activists.

While the media focuses only on the glamorous literary lives of its few superstars, Ross tells How Writers Really Live. In these essays, he catalogues his rea...