Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Birthday

2014-03-09T19:54:09-04:00

Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthday November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942 To mark her birthday, here is a quote from Mary Henley Rubio's Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings (TO: Doubleday - Random House, 2008): 181-2. It's a long quote, but a book-soaked one; I've broken the paragraph so that

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Birthday2014-03-09T19:54:09-04:00

Suzette Mayr’s Venous Hum (2004)

2014-03-09T19:51:52-04:00

Suzette Mayr's Venous Hum Arsenal Pulp, 2004 Yes, that's right: it's a mouth. Somehow too many canines, pink fleshy tongue: it's the cover of Venous Hum. Eye-catching from the start, but it makes more sense after you've finished reading. "It's an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence announcing the end

Suzette Mayr’s Venous Hum (2004)2014-03-09T19:51:52-04:00

Margaret Laurence’s The Olden Days Coat (1979)

2014-07-11T16:21:23-04:00

Margaret Laurence's The Olden Days Coat (1979) Illus. Muriel Wood Tundra Books, 1998 Every time I read this book I think "surely this time I won't cry", but I always do. And it's not because this is a sad story, but there is something so overwhelmingly touching about it, that

Margaret Laurence’s The Olden Days Coat (1979)2014-07-11T16:21:23-04:00

“The Stone Angel” (2007) Dir. Kari Skogland

2017-06-08T14:58:08-04:00

"The Stone Angel" (2007) Dir. Kari Skogland Writers: Margaret Laurence (novel), Kari Skogland (screenplay) As in "Rachel, Rachel", the film version of Margaret Laurence's novel A Jest of God, the emphasis in the film "The Stone Angel" is on the story's romantic relationship. And perhaps rightly so. The film makers had less than

“The Stone Angel” (2007) Dir. Kari Skogland2017-06-08T14:58:08-04:00

Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel (1964)

2014-03-09T19:46:07-04:00

Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel McClelland & Stewart, 1964 Virago Modern Classic No. 251 The Afterword in my McClelland & Stewart edition is written by Adele Wiseman, long-time friend of Margaret Laurence, and it contains several long excerpts from the letters exchanged between the writing friends (Adele Wiseman's The Sacrifice and Crackpot

Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel (1964)2014-03-09T19:46:07-04:00
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