Poet’s Eye View (with Birds)
When I hear or see a bird, my mood lifts. This is instant, and always. Birds peck at my half-awake imagination. Their bones are hollow, their air prehistoric. Their stares […]
Montreal & Ottawa Launches!
On May 10 at 7:30pm, join Anita and Véhicule Press on at The Word Bookstore (469 rue Milton) for the Montreal launch of While Supplies Last. On May 13 at […]
Mrs. Duszejko’s companions
The Friendship Files #3 (1,200 words, about 6 minutes) Olga Tokarczuk’s unusual and immersive novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones), […]
from The Dept. of Literary Math
How many friends does it take to launch a book? As we enter yet another lockdown (or more like the same one, slightly tweaked, to amplify its most depressing effects), […]
Imaginary Friends: Aislinn Hunter’s ‘invisibles’
The Friendship Files #2 (1,200 words, about 6 minutes) For a time when we were kids, my sister went around with a pair of imaginary friends. Myrna and Fritsa (my […]
‘If you should take the bond of friendship out of the world’
The Friendship Files #1 Plus: ‘Reading Out Loud With Friends’ at #THINAIR2020 In his essay titled “Of Friendship,” first published in 1612, Francis Bacon writes “that it is a mere […]
Festivals and Friends, Memory and Loss
Thank goodness literary festivals are (not surprisingly) run by optimistic, creative folks. This means that though we can’t gather together in person over stories, poems and scintillating talk this fall, […]
‘The Last Goldfish’ on Pickle Me This; ‘The Friendship Files’; and other news—
The Last Goldfish: A True Tale of Friendship available from Biblioasis April 2020. A memoir of youth, friendship and the impermanence of life.
The Last Goldfish launches online!
The Last Goldfish: A True Tale of Friendship available from Biblioasis April 2020. A memoir of youth, friendship and the impermanence of life.