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What is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime?

Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, Magie Dominic peels away these layers as she explores her life, that of a Newfoundlander turned New Yorker, an artist and a writer -- and frees herself from the memories of her violent past.

On an eight-day retreat with Catholic nuns in a remote location safe from the outside world, she exposes, and captures, fifty years of violent memories and weaves them into a tapestry of...

Magie Dominic's first memoir, The Queen of Peace Room, was shortlisted for the Canadian Women's Studies Award, ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year Award, and the Judy Grahn Award. Told over an eight-day period, the book captured a lifetime of turbulent memories, documenting with skill Dominic's experiences of violence, incest, and rape. But her story wasn't finished.

Street Angel opens to the voice of an eleven-year-old Dominic. She's growing up in Newfoundland. Her mother suffers from terrifying nighttime hallucinations. Her father's business is about to...

Dramatist, wit, and irrepressible bohemian personality, Harry Koutoukas left an indelible mark on the downtown theatre in New York and the countless lives he touched. In this spirited collection of interviews and reminiscences, Harry's unique voice is heard again and a score of friends and colleagues look back fondly and admiringly at his extraordinary life. In addition, extensive research by Magie Dominic begins the task of documenting his achievements, identifying more than 50 plays and dozens of productions, beginning in the creative hotbed of the Caffe Cino in the 1960s and continuing for...