Riel Nason’s All the Things We Leave Behind (2016)

2024-02-08T13:10:31-05:00

The title of her second novel might well have been a discarded option for her debut; Riel Nason is back in familiar territory: the intersection between memory and identity, the line between mysticism and madness, and sibling bonds in a coming-of-age tale. Goose Lane, 2016 Now it is 1977

Riel Nason’s All the Things We Leave Behind (2016)2024-02-08T13:10:31-05:00

Riel Nason’s The Town that Drowned (2011)

2016-11-10T10:58:28-05:00

Nothing really happens. Here, the "main event is simply a view of the water". So Ruby's story should not be a page-turner. But, in fact, The Town that Drowned is a coming-of-age story with a curious momentum. No single element is responsible: character and voice, setting and structure, all work

Riel Nason’s The Town that Drowned (2011)2016-11-10T10:58:28-05:00

Darren Greer’s Advocate (2016)

2020-10-22T12:25:06-04:00

"The past presses so hard on the present, the present is badly bruised, blood brims under the skin." These lines from Brenda Shaughnessy's poem “Nachträglichkeit”* fit beautifully with Darren Greer's new novel, Advocate: Not only because much of Advocate is preoccupied with memory, with what the characters carry with them

Darren Greer’s Advocate (2016)2020-10-22T12:25:06-04:00

Quarterly Stories: Autumn 2016

2020-12-18T15:59:31-05:00

Only ten this year, so far. Without my Alice Munro project to steer me, I am not reading as many short story collections now. Over the summer, I read Cherie Dimaline's A Gentle Habit (2015) as part of All Lit Up's summer bookclub. Dimaline is a member of the Georgian

Quarterly Stories: Autumn 20162020-12-18T15:59:31-05:00

Sun-Mi Hwang’s The Dog Who Dared to Dream (2016)

2020-03-31T12:14:37-04:00

Sun-Mi Hwang's The Hen Who Believed She Could Fly was a runaway bestseller for its Korean author, who had previously published more than 50 books and was surprised to find her work such a phenomenon, not only in Korea but beyond. Abacus - Hachette, 2016 The Dog Who Dared

Sun-Mi Hwang’s The Dog Who Dared to Dream (2016)2020-03-31T12:14:37-04:00
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