Michael Redhill’s Bellevue Spiral (2017)

2017-11-09T08:13:20-05:00

Whether or not it's 50%, there is a part of Michael Redhill who is Inger Ash Wolfe; he has published four mysteries using this pseudonym. And, so, there is certainly some Michael Redhill, in Hazel Micallef, too. Hazel being the heroine of that series. But she's a character, you

Michael Redhill’s Bellevue Spiral (2017)2017-11-09T08:13:20-05:00

Nonfiction November Week Two: Pairing

2017-11-08T10:16:06-05:00

This week, we are invited to pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. "It can be a 'If you loved this book, read this!' or just two titles that you think would go well together. Maybe it’s a historical novel and you’d like to get the real

Nonfiction November Week Two: Pairing2017-11-08T10:16:06-05:00

Mavis Gallant’s “From Gamut to Yalta” (1980)

2017-11-10T17:11:11-05:00

So short. Four pages. And, yet, a man considering his entire life and the geo-political map of his day. Its shifting (and not-so shifting) borders are intertwined with his ideas about his marriage. This seems to draw the noose of relationship between the personal and the political uncomfortably - even

Mavis Gallant’s “From Gamut to Yalta” (1980)2017-11-10T17:11:11-05:00

David Chariandy’s Brother (2017)

2018-08-14T15:23:22-04:00

Though set further north of the bluffs, David Chariandy's follow-up to his debut Soucouyant is every bit as family-soaked, its losses and sorrows cast against a remarkable and enduring landscape. In Brother, Michael introduces readers to the Rouge Valley, to his mother and to the memory of his brother

David Chariandy’s Brother (2017)2018-08-14T15:23:22-04:00

Josip Novakovich’s Tumbleweed (2017)

2017-12-11T17:48:28-05:00

As you might have guessed, the characters in Tumbleweed are always in motion. Sometimes literally, as with a hitchhiker in the title story, who has come to an abrupt stop and views the world differently from his sudden stillness. "Through the tinted glass, I beheld quite a sight before

Josip Novakovich’s Tumbleweed (2017)2017-12-11T17:48:28-05:00
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