Precision: Souvankham Thammavongsa’s How to Pronounce Knife (2020)

2020-09-30T11:46:07-04:00

If you are considering whether or not to read Souvankham Thammavongsa’s collection of stories, you probably already know how to do it, how to pronounce the word ‘knife’. Readers of How to Pronounce Knife will not find solutions to age-old problems or innovation; readers will find clarity and acuity,

Precision: Souvankham Thammavongsa’s How to Pronounce Knife (2020)2020-09-30T11:46:07-04:00

Dreams and Nightmares: the Long and Short of It

2020-03-11T17:04:18-04:00

Yesterday, I chatted about one of my favourites from this year’s Giller Prize longlist. Tomorrow, I’ll be chatting about the most talked-about from this year’s longlist, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, as part of #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month. So, today, the other books on the longlist, the ones I

Dreams and Nightmares: the Long and Short of It2020-03-11T17:04:18-04:00

On Longlists and Linked Story Collections

2019-11-20T12:32:06-05:00

On Monday night, the winner of the Giller Prize was announced. When I was a younger reader, I believed there was a perfect alchemical wonder which was suitably rewarded as a winner from a shortlist of contenders for a literary prize; when I grew up, I realized that there

On Longlists and Linked Story Collections2019-11-20T12:32:06-05:00

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
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