More than twenty years ago, I read Eleven Canadian Novelists in the public library, sharing one of the big wooden tables, traipsing back and forth from my chair to the stacks, fetching the authors' work as desired. Plume, 1971 I hadn't yet read my first Alice Munro book, but
So it was original content which finally convinced me to plunge into e-reading. And my next project was a variation on that theme. I've subscribed to "The Walrus" since the beginning, so it's more than likely that I've read the pieces gathered in 10 Years of The Walrus Laughs. But
I'd been meaning to try it. E-reading. In theory, I knew it could be sensational. In the '90s audiobooks were often of poor production quality, and those I listened to were most useful as sleeping aids; audiobooks now are consistently quality productions and can be truly outstanding. Things change, right?
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen. Published in 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. "There are definitely faster methods of making a picture, but few more enjoyable in a backwards sort of way." The artist was speaking of production,
"I've invented lives. The man with the drum never told me about himself. I wove a story from his gnarled hands and his bent back. He mumbled to himself in an ancient, distant language. I acted like I knew all about him. The man I invented - I loved him.
