Leaves and Trees, Girls and Women

2024-10-15T10:26:31-04:00

The other day I wrote about the pair of Heinemann Classics I’ve read this year. Maybe you’ve seen their quintessential orange and black and white covers. They look a little like the vintage Penguins some people collect. But mostly I’ve been reading contemporary African writers. Sometimes, after Bill made

Leaves and Trees, Girls and Women2024-10-15T10:26:31-04:00

Read Indies: Freehand Books

2022-02-03T09:09:40-05:00

Who? Where? "Our list is an aesthetically diverse, award-winning collection of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by both established authors and exciting new voices. We pride ourselves on our careful attention to detail throughout the editorial process, the high production quality and innovative design of our titles, and our creativity

Read Indies: Freehand Books2022-02-03T09:09:40-05:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Vastness of the Dark” (1971)

2021-04-09T11:30:42-04:00

The laundry hangs on the clothesline in the background, while Alistair MacLeod speaks to his wife Anita about what their life was like when the kids were young. It’s there, in the film “Reading Alistair MacLeod”, that I see Anita patiently waiting, while he pulls out a small stack

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Vastness of the Dark” (1971)2021-04-09T11:30:42-04:00

Shadow Giller: Steven Price’s Lampedusa (2019)

2021-01-19T12:46:48-05:00

There is a line in Steven Price’s 2016 novel, By Gaslight, which seems to suit his new novel generally: “Everything is about the dead.” And another which seems even more appropriate: “The truth that is found in a story is a different kind of truth, but it is not

Shadow Giller: Steven Price’s Lampedusa (2019)2021-01-19T12:46:48-05:00

August 2019, In My Bookbag

2019-09-20T17:02:12-04:00

In which there is talk of the slim stories which have travelled with me within the city. While bulkier volumes stayed home. Like Robertson Davies' Murther and Walking Spirits (1991). And Nazanine Hozar's Aria (2019). These are awkward travelling companions: thick and heavy But some of the skinnies in

August 2019, In My Bookbag2019-09-20T17:02:12-04:00
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