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Superdad: A Memoir of Rebellion, Drugs and Fatherhood
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(Release: Sept. 30, 2010)
"Turns the urban dad story on its head—and then rights it again. Beneath Shulgan's outwardly loving life with his young family in a hip part of Toronto lurked a darkness; Shulgan was a hard drinker—and something of a crackhead. In an unsparing, but also comic, account of his ventures into the deep woods off the parental path, he explores his own notions of fatherhood. And challenges ours."--The Globe and Mail

"Infuriating, moving, and terrifying, Superdad is a journey into the dark heart of self-destructive hypermasculinty and out the other side into a kind of uneasy truce between the idea of 'father' and 'real man.' As a writer, I found myself awed by Shulgan's tale-teller's facility; as a dad, I found myself wanting to smack him until he stopped destroying his family and his life. Superdad is a brave memoir that humanizes the self-immolating urge of the crack addict." --Cory Doctorow, author of For The Win and co-editor of Boing Boing

“Christopher Shulgan pulls off a cool sort of alchemy; Superdad is an illuminating book about delusion, a wise book about idiocy, a kind-hearted book about acting like a jerk. And then on top of all that, the man makes writing look easy.” -- Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, author of Down to This and Ghosted

My first book

Shortlisted for the National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.

The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika
How diplomacy and a decade-long exile in Ottawa transformed Mikhail Gorbachev's trusted advisor, Aleksandr N. Yakovlev, into the most potent force for freedom and democracy ever to walk the corridors of the Kremlin.
Published by McClelland & Stewart.

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Dude, did I ever mention how tough you have to be to run through the Canadian winter? Never mind football linebackers or MMA psychopaths, the toughest schmucks around are the ones pulling on running tights these days to get out there and eat some miles. It was minus 10 this morning! Also did I mention how badly I need new running stuff? My jacket is about nine years old. And so obviously orange that I'm like a giant pumpkin, no, the great pumpkin, as I'm slipping and crunching over the nastiness that covers sidewalks around here.

But a little cold weather won't stop me. No! Not me! Because this week I got all inspired and in a fit of enthusiasm signed up for March's 30k, Around The Bay ($65! Ouch!), and then started organizing a team for the Canadian Death Race. And also talking about which spring marathon I'm going to run. Probably Ottawa, or maybe something more glamorous in the States. Because this is the year I'm going to qualify for Boston. I said. Why did I say that again? It's the perpetual battle, one part of me forcing the lazier part of me outside despite the aforementioned pumpkin-esque appearance and the possibly more pertinent fact involving said exterior Nunavut-esque temperature. I'm not sure about this!

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Do you run on the street or the sidewalk? The sidewalks near my place are scary icy!!!!

Posted by: Colin Smith! | January 09, 2009 at 06:47 PM

That's my monkey and now in his place is a pylon!?

Posted by: Isaac | January 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM

The bay is home to several islands, the largest of which is Grand Manan Island at the boundary with the Gulf of Maine. Other important islands on the north side of the bay include Campobello Island, Moose Island, and Deer Island in the Passamaquoddy Bay area.

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