Autobiography

Belonging: M.G. Vassanji, Michael Winter and Alan Doyle

Buried In Print2015-01-26T14:48:15-05:00

It's a familar theme in the Canadian landscape of letters, and it was also the topic of Adrienne Clarkson's recent Massey Lecture. "What does it mean to belong? And how do we belong? Who do we belong to?" These are the central ideas discussed in the series and they are

Belonging: M.G. Vassanji, Michael Winter and Alan DoyleBuried In Print2015-01-26T14:48:15-05:00

Maya Angelou: Heroine Reads

Buried In Print2014-03-10T20:51:04-04:00

Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) Bantam, 1971 It’s ironic that what most stands out in the first volume of Maya Angelou’s autobiography is her voice; when she was a girl, she stopped speaking for a time, but, in looking back on the experiences of her

Maya Angelou: Heroine ReadsBuried In Print2014-03-10T20:51:04-04:00

Dorothy Livesay’s Journey with My Selves 1909-1963 (1991) Part II of II

Buried In Print2014-07-11T15:58:56-04:00

One of the things that I love most of all about reading memoirs, journals and letters (of literary figures, especially, because they tend to read so much, but of anybody really) is taking note of what the writer is reading. This was particularly interesting in reading Journey with My Selves

Dorothy Livesay’s Journey with My Selves 1909-1963 (1991) Part II of IIBuried In Print2014-07-11T15:58:56-04:00