Please don't go. Not because it's poetry. Just watch this video. It's only a minute long. And know that I'm not a "poetry person". So that makes it more inviting, right? That you don't need a special gift to watch this? (Unless you are a "poetry person", in
At the back of the fourth floor of the library were the oversized books and, among them, I once discovered an assortment of medieval bestiaries. Sometimes I spent the entire day at the campus library on Sundays, and I would allow myself to browse and wander when I needed a
Some readers will be unsettled by the title alone. (I had early exposure as a young reader to Don Marquis' archy and mehitabel, so it didn't work that way for me.) Most readers will be unsettled by the story. (As activist and artist Banksy has said: “Art should comfort
Project Notes: Approaching the halfway point (Day 21 of 45), I still have books half-read and pieces unpolished. But fortunately my enthusiasm for this project has spread and another Anansi reader has offered her thoughts on a few of her favourite books in their catalogue. Sandra has been commenting here for
I sat with this story for a good while. I re-read it. More than once. Let it sink in as familiar. I leafed through it on other occasions, when I was between tasks at my desk. I randomly picked out passages and murmured them aloud. I sat and stared out
