Mavis Gallant’s “Paola and Renata” (1965)

2017-11-21T15:27:35-05:00

The widow has let her hair go. It is half mahogany and half dull grey. Not only grey, but dull grey. Paola and Renata's listening that summer One has the sense that being a widow might have brought this about. The simple act of inhabiting widowhood. But that

Mavis Gallant’s “Paola and Renata” (1965)2017-11-21T15:27:35-05:00

Sky Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café (1990)

2017-07-24T14:57:17-04:00

"Do you remember, Big Sister, all those good times? In Cousin Chan's abandoned house right in the middle of our neighbourhood, a dozen or so girls lying together, cooking together, working the fields, laughing and gissipping the entire day." The excerpt from this letter, from Fong Mei in March 1919,

Sky Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café (1990)2017-07-24T14:57:17-04:00

In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X

2015-09-18T12:44:13-04:00

In the past, I've made large stacks of creepy reading with the RIP challenges in mind, but I  have a habit of stacking up many lovely possibilities but then choosing different books altogether later on. Perhaps this is partly because books can surprise you and take you in unexpected directions.

In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X2015-09-18T12:44:13-04:00
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