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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: A True Tale of Friendship available from Biblioasis April 2020. A memoir of youth, friendship and the impermanence of life.