Ten Good Canadian Reads in 2023 #CanLit

2023-10-30T10:34:05-04:00

This year, I’ve been reading backlisted titles I’ve missed along the way. These are mostly well-known titles by established writers, which is why they’re still occupying library space; of these ten, only the two from small presses (named) might be difficult to find overseas. They also lean towards international

Ten Good Canadian Reads in 2023 #CanLit2023-10-30T10:34:05-04:00

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

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (2 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,

2022-11-14T16:39:01-05:00

In the coming year, I don’t know if I will read so many collections or spend time with so many illustrations, but I have enjoyed my 2022 reading so far (partially discussed last week, here). Ai Qing’s Selected Poems (2021), translated by Robert Dorsett, are “characterized by his sincerity, a

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (2 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,2022-11-14T16:39:01-05:00

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part One)

2021-10-06T14:46:04-04:00

This year I’ve been reading more non-fiction than usual. It’s not that I’ve been trying, it’s only that I’ve allowed my curiosity to access my holds queue. When I have questions after I’ve finished a novel, I’ve allowed myself to wander more than usual. It’s created an interesting rhythm

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part One)2021-10-06T14:46:04-04:00

Summer 2021, In My Bookbag (What bookbag?)

2021-08-25T11:28:12-04:00

Here’s a glimpse of some recent reads which lend themselves more to sampling, in a handful of reading sessions, than gobbling in longer periods of time. Not the books which require a sink-into-your-seat focus, the ones which afford the opportunity to window-gaze between pages. Mungi

Summer 2021, In My Bookbag (What bookbag?)2021-08-25T11:28:12-04:00
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