Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 2023

2024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Akpan, MacLeod, Muñoz, Savaş, Talty and Tamayose Short Stories in April, May and June 2023 Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored four new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 20232024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Novellas in November: Since Last Year #NovNov

2023-11-08T12:07:29-05:00

Hosted by Cathy and Rebecca with weekly themes and a link collector, the first week of this event invites participants to “tell us about any novellas you have read since last NovNov” (it’s okay not to follow the five week’s themes exactly and, instead, allow them to mesh with

Novellas in November: Since Last Year #NovNov2023-11-08T12:07:29-05:00

November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)

2023-11-02T11:06:48-04:00

In November, Naomi and Sarah are hosting a readalong for The Story Girl, so the last time I packed up my bookbag, I stuck in my copy of Elizabeth Waterston’s Magic Island (2008) to read her chapter on L.M. Montgomery’s 1911 novel. Story Girl reads like a collection of

November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)2023-11-02T11:06:48-04:00

September 30th, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation #ReadIndigenous

2023-09-28T14:06:53-04:00

Before it was a federal statutory holiday, it was known as Orange Shirt Day, “an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of ‘Every Child Matters’”. (Government statement.) Valuing and learning the stories of

September 30th, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation #ReadIndigenous2023-09-28T14:06:53-04:00

Pain and Beauty in This Year’s Poetry Reading: Full Circle

2022-11-17T11:56:56-05:00

Poetry is a place into which we can disappear from pain. In these collections, there are many other themes explored, but these passages intertwined like threads through my reading. In “A Toothless Crackhead Was the Mascot” from Reginald Dwayne Betts’ Bastards of the Reagan Era (2015): “This begins the concept

Pain and Beauty in This Year’s Poetry Reading: Full Circle2022-11-17T11:56:56-05:00
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