Beginning with an arrival and ending with a departure, readers might think "Amundsen" a more conventionally told tale. Random House, 2012 (Thinking about the last story, "To Reach Japan", which began with a departure and ended with an arrival, I mean.) And, yet, both this arrival and departure
"To Reach Japan" begins with a departure and ends with an arrival. McClelland & Stewart - Random House, 2012 That is not commonly how it goes, but it's not unusual in the territory of Alice Munro's stories, which often begin in the present and work backwards to the
Dear Gabriel English, You don't know me, but I'm usually quite obsessive about reading things in the proper order, so I'm surprised that I read This All Happened a couple of years ago, having somehow missed the fact that you are also at the heart of this collection
For years, a set of loose photocopied pages were housed on my bookshelf with the M's. (Do you do this, too?) Then, they were tucked inside my copy of Lisa Moore's Alligator: her short story "Azalea", which first appeared in the March/April 2002 issue of THIS Magazine. I was first drawn
Still haven' t met Sandra? I briefly introduced her here, and she has contributed four posts to this 45 Days of House of Anansi Project. This will be her last appearance here in this capacity, but you will continue to see her in the comments sections, so please watch and
