Devon Code is a Canadian writer, who won the

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in 2010 for his short story "Uncle Oscar". Originally from Dartmouth,

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, he has more recently been based in

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, where he has taught at

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. He published his debut short fiction collection, ''In a Mist'', in 2007, and followed up with his debut novel, ''Involuntary Bliss'', in 2016. In 2021, Code, Emily Anglin,

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Jean Marc Ah-Sen is a Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario, whose experimental short story collection ''In the Beggarly Style of Imitation'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 2020. Ah-Sen published his debut novel ''Grand Menteur'' i ...

and

Lee Henderson Lee Henderson is a Canadian writer, the author of '' The Broken Record Technique'' (Penguin Canada 2002), ''The Man Game'' (Penguin Canada, August 2008), and ''The Road Narrows As You Go'' (Hamish Hamilton, 2014). ''The Broken Record Technique'' w ...

published ''Disintegration in Four Parts'', a volume collecting one

novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) ...

by each of the four writers.Allison LaSorda
"Disintegration in Four Parts, by Devon Code; Emily Anglin; Jean Marc Ah-Sen; Lee Henderson"
''

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'', July 2021.

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