Nicolas Debon’s Four Pictures by Emily Carr (2003)

2014-07-11T16:19:48-04:00

There are a number of ways in which one can get to know Emily Carr. Groundwood Books - House of Anansi, 2003 First, for the bookish, via her own writing. Klee Wick (1941), The Book of Small (1942), The House of All Sorts (1944), and, published posthumously, Growing Pains

Nicolas Debon’s Four Pictures by Emily Carr (2003)2014-07-11T16:19:48-04:00

Kim Echlin’s Inanna (2003)

2014-03-20T15:24:28-04:00

"I like telling stories of women who act on their passions." "I like these strong female characters." "When I talk with readers I feel an enormous appetite in women to explore both their strength and their emotional connectedness, which still tend not to be honoured in the dominant culture."* Any

Kim Echlin’s Inanna (2003)2014-03-20T15:24:28-04:00

A Literary Three-Way: About the Girls (II)

2014-03-17T15:20:19-04:00

I was inspired to re-read Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad after I read The Odyssey (with and without pictures). "The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water: there are too many inconsistencies." Atwood describes the impetus for retelling this classic tale as follows: "I've always been haunted by the hanged maids;

A Literary Three-Way: About the Girls (II)2014-03-17T15:20:19-04:00

BHM: Z.Z. Packer

2014-03-15T19:08:05-04:00

It's been a long time since a book inspired me to create a Spelling It Out.* Generally speaking, it coincides with an author's shifting onto my MRE lists (Must Read Everything). Consider it official: Z.Z. Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere makes her a MRE author for me, and now I'll

BHM: Z.Z. Packer2014-03-15T19:08:05-04:00

Not-So-Sweet and Swedish: Mankell

2014-07-11T17:11:09-04:00

The Kurt Wallander series was one of the first of the Scandinavian mystery series to cause a buzz in North America, but I was frustrated by the fact that the earliest volumes weren't translated into English as quickly as I wanted them. You see, I'm obsessive about reading mystery series

Not-So-Sweet and Swedish: Mankell2014-07-11T17:11:09-04:00
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