"The first flash of fiction arrives without words." Mavis Gallant "Originally published in 1973, and sadly out of print for several years, this book contains the title novella - representing the author's most daring use of contemporary
Event hosted by Kaggsy's Ramblings Stuck in a Book #1977Club So much good women's fiction from 1977, from Margaret Atwood's Dancing Girls to Marilyn French's The Women's Room. But I reread Carol Shields' Unless last year and I wanted to reread another of hers. Enter, The
I'm nostalgic for the days when writers and poets personally recommended and championed books for Canada Reads, rather than producers offering celebrities a list of books and inviting them to select a book they feel could win the competition. The writer-defenders seemed to be fans of multiple books who
Endicott, Manto, King, Bruneau and Lispector Short Stories in January, February and March Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored three new-to-me story writers.
They are no longer only thieves and rascals: “All men are filth.” Bea is perhaps no more unhappy than Marian Kimber, but she is more outwardly disgruntled. And even though she says this with a laugh, there’s an undeniable edge to it. “My mother was a saint and my
