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), […]
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 […]
‘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.