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

The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (1 of 4)

2021-03-16T12:10:51-04:00

When you have been thrilled by a book, and you discover that someone has written a letter about being thrilled with that same book, even if it was a hundred years ago, it invites a certain companionship. When that letter-writer is writing to the author of that collection, you feel

The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (1 of 4)2021-03-16T12:10:51-04:00

Canada, Between the Pages

2014-03-09T12:39:41-04:00

One of the issues considered in today's show is: how important is a strong sense of place and time for a book to engage a reader with a story. It *is* important, isn't it. So important that, just with reading that sentence, at least one book, more likely several, came

Canada, Between the Pages2014-03-09T12:39:41-04:00

A seriously satisfying novel

2014-03-09T17:49:51-04:00

Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees (1996) Image links to Canada Reads 2010   This is a re-read for me, and the last of the books I've been reading and re-reading with 2010's Canada Reads in mind. I heard a few people commenting on how hard (even how

A seriously satisfying novel2014-03-09T17:49:51-04:00

Wanted: One Brownstone

2014-07-11T16:43:19-04:00

Paule Marshall's Brown Girl Brownstones  VMC No. 87 (1959) Without knowing anything of it, I chose Paule Marshall's novel Brown Girl, Brownstones to read with Black History Month in mind (along with Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative and Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine). It was kind of a random

Wanted: One Brownstone2014-07-11T16:43:19-04:00
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