What’s Holding up the World: Jessica J. Lee’s #Dispersals and Other Writing

2024-03-16T08:43:12-04:00

Just a few pages into Jessica J. Lee’s Dispersals, I was wholly hooked (the mention of “belonging” in the subtitle got me part way there). One of those reading experiences where you feel as though you are connecting not-so-much with a book but with a way of seeing, a

What’s Holding up the World: Jessica J. Lee’s #Dispersals and Other Writing2024-03-16T08:43:12-04:00

Here and Elsewhere Reading in 2022

2023-01-20T14:48:28-05:00

On the day that I got my visitor’s card at the library here, I borrowed Marie-Louise Gay’s Mustafa (2018): a children’s story (Gay illustrates, writes, and translates) about a boy who searches for himself, in the space between his old country and his new country. Certains soirs, Mustafa rêve

Here and Elsewhere Reading in 20222023-01-20T14:48:28-05:00

Summer 2022: Borrowed #LoveYourLibrary

2022-08-29T13:09:26-04:00

When regularly relying on the library in Toronto, with dozens of bookmarks holding my place in borrowed stacks, the idea of writing about my library usage seemed impossible. Now living a few hours north, where funding for libraries is limited, my visitor’s card gets relatively little use. In the

Summer 2022: Borrowed #LoveYourLibrary2022-08-29T13:09:26-04:00

June 2022: Read Indigenous (2 of 4)

2022-06-20T11:57:09-04:00

Last week, there was talk of Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, an illustrated book by Spokane-Coeur d'Alene writer Sherman Alexie, and the anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold showcasing a variety of Indigenous storytellers and artists. Now: a novel, a book of creation stories, a children’s book, and a memoir

June 2022: Read Indigenous (2 of 4)2022-06-20T11:57:09-04:00
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