Ken Wiwa’s In the Shadow of a Saint (2000)

2014-03-14T20:02:46-04:00

Ken Wiwa's In the Shadow of a Saint A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy Random House 2000 - Vintage, 2001. As much as this book is about its author Ken Wiwa, as much as it is about his father Ken Saro-Wiwa, as much as it is about fathers

Ken Wiwa’s In the Shadow of a Saint (2000)2014-03-14T20:02:46-04:00

Samuel Talks Fireflies and the Unreal

2011-10-01T17:25:51-04:00

"We had to write three pages on our favourite season and I chose fall because of all the shimmery comic-book colours: a dazzling red dash here, a splash of yellow there, a sparkle of orange peeping out like Mayaro fireflies. In Mayaro, mostly everything was green. Here the

Samuel Talks Fireflies and the Unreal2011-10-01T17:25:51-04:00

Still Lovin’ This City

2024-09-03T11:53:40-04:00

Toronto: An Illustrated History of Its First 12,000 Years Ed. Ronald F. Williamson James Lorimer & Company (2008) Yes, that's right: 12,000 years. So the city that you recognize from tramping the pavement these days doesn't even get going until 2/3 of the way into the book. Which makes this

Still Lovin’ This City2024-09-03T11:53:40-04:00

Aftermath: Monoceros

2014-07-11T16:54:58-04:00

Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestry Suzette Mayr's Monoceros Coach House Books, 2011 Nowadays, it's been Disney-fied, but once-upon-a-time the unicorn wasn't about pink glitter and rainbows, but about raw passions, about what cannot be tamed. In one of Da Vinci's notebooks is this note: "The unicorn, through its

Aftermath: Monoceros2014-07-11T16:54:58-04:00

Lemon-Sweet: Half-Blood Blues

2020-05-21T15:55:57-04:00

I spent a ridiculous amount of time touching this cover (and wishing the hole in the centre was actually cut) Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues Thomas Allen Publishers, 2011  In the opening pages of Esi Edugyan’s second novel, readers meet Heiro, Chip, Delilah and Sid, and are immersed in

Lemon-Sweet: Half-Blood Blues2020-05-21T15:55:57-04:00
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