The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (3 of 4)

2021-09-10T16:52:14-04:00

Earlier this year, my Langston Hughes (1902-1967) reading (Part One, Part Two) was focussed more on his own writing. From his short stories to the first volume of his autobiography. But along the way, I’ve enjoyed a number of other books by and about him. “I should get Langston

The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (3 of 4)2021-09-10T16:52:14-04:00

Québécois Authors and Stories

2021-08-25T13:08:53-04:00

Recently I found an old New Canadian Library copy of Mordecai Richler’s second novel, Son of a Smaller Hero, originally published in 1955 (this copy a reprint from 1969), in a Little Free Library. When I find one of these tightly bound pocketbooks with their abstract, blotchy-arted covers second-hand,

Québécois Authors and Stories2021-08-25T13:08:53-04:00

#ReadIndigenous Elissa Washuta and Jordan Abel

2021-07-01T14:27:33-04:00

Elissa Washuta’s White Magic (2021) is a personal narrative of searching and locating boundaries about her own self amid the context of colonization. (She is a member of the Cowlitz tribe.) Her writing is considered experimental but it passes for conventional prose at first glance; much of her

#ReadIndigenous Elissa Washuta and Jordan Abel2021-07-01T14:27:33-04:00

Reading Journal: Janet Burroway and Writing Books

2021-04-30T08:10:18-04:00

Some people are writing more than ever, others aren’t writing at all. Some editors are overwhelmed with submissions, others are extending their deadlines for contests and themes because submissions are down. Writers’ responses to the pandemic are as varied as any other group. As floundery…as dedicated…as anyone. One thing

Reading Journal: Janet Burroway and Writing Books2021-04-30T08:10:18-04:00

Return Trips: Here and Elsewhere

2020-12-27T14:26:34-05:00

Over the year, my #HereandElsewhere project took me to the following places in my reading: Copenhagen, London, Havana, Kyoto, Paris, San Francisco, Marrakech, Mexico City, Rome, Shanghai, Amsterdam and New York City. But even while an ordinary desk-top calendar inspired me to read and watch beyond my usual borders, I was even more acutely aware of

Return Trips: Here and Elsewhere2020-12-27T14:26:34-05:00
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