In which I discuss some of the skinny volumes, which have nestled into my bookbag (while longer works, like Marge Piercy's Gone to Soldiers and Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, were left at home. Vivek Shraya's God Loves Hair is illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, a full-page image introducing each of
Appearing as part of Toronto Harbourfront's IFOA Weekly, Annie Proulx read from Barkskins in the Fleck Dance Theatre on June 17, 2016. Scribner, 2016 She began reading on the first page of the novel, her tone even and measured, but filled with expression when appropriate, particularly in dialogue. She captured the accent of
From Amy Sedaris to Alicia Silverstone, celebrities have things to say about cooking and entertaining. Stanley Tucci talks Italian food and Tony Danza contributes to the conversation. Grand Central Publishing, 2016 But Gwyneth Paltrow does not appear to be passing through the territory; she's putting down some roots.
Lisa Moore builds folks from the ink up: she is standout at characterization. Groundwood Books, 2016 One of the elements that makes her characters so convincing is the echo effect, the reverberations off seemingly extraneous details (in images, in descriptions, in settings) to construct multi-faceted individuals. Readers who have
In an interview about her bestselling debut, The Lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan states: "The best writing opens a person’s mind rather than closing it." Little, Brown and Co, 2016 Readers of Now and Again should pay attention, because her second novel is over 400 pages long and it is
