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Get revved on Helen Potrebenko's unique 1975 novel Taxi!
:6 I I WEEKEND REVIEW
I SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010
Books EDITOR REBECCA WIGOD
REDISCOVER HELEN
Taxi!, an autobiographical novel by Helen Potrebenko (left, in a 1974 photo), was published 35 years ago. Its narrator says, "it just never occurs to [customers that] we're people and not zoo animals to be stared at:' Anakana Schofield, who contributes to these pages, is organizing a celebration of the book - "a kind of reclaimyour-city literature/recovery project," she says, adding: "I'm especially interested in working-class narratives" - so that a new generation of readers can discover it. It's taking place Thursday, 7;30 p.m., at the downtown public library.
Helen Potrebenko's TAXI is one of my all-time favorite Vancouver books. Whenever I find a copy in a secondhand bookstore or at a thrift store or in the Sally Ann I buy it. I keep copies in stock to gift to people who haven't read Helenbefore and who I know will love it. I have all Helen's books, of course. I am longtime appreciator of Helen's stories and poems. I have been lucky enough to attend many of her readings over the past thirty-plus years. Right on, Helen! - A GEEZER FAN
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