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The article examines the extent in which critic and poet Jeff Derksen contends with neoliberalism in the collection "Transnational Muscle Cars." The collection includes a series of long poems and short pieces which reflect Derksen's interest in the materiality of language. It notes that the long poems are generated through the relationship between social and textual structures. The speaker in the poem "Happy Locally, Sad Geopolitically" is also described as emotionally conflicted.

Reviews the books `Framing Marginality: Multicultural Literary Guides,' by Sneja Gunew and `Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media,' by Ella Shohat and Robert Stam.

Reviews the book "Elle," by Douglas Glover.

Reviews the books `Context North America: Canadian/U.S. Literary Relations,' edited by Camille La Bossiere and `Hugh MacLennan,' edited by Frank M. Tierney.

Reviews the books `Extremities: Fiction From the Burning Rock,' edited by Michael Winter and `Survival Gear,' by Rita Moir.