Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 2023

2024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Akpan, MacLeod, Muñoz, Savaş, Talty and Tamayose Short Stories in April, May and June 2023 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 four new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Summer 20232024-01-15T16:41:33-05:00

Quarterly Stories: Winter 2022

2023-01-17T08:56:55-05:00

Abdullah, Hage, Friedman, Ha, Orner and Atwood Short Stories in October, November, and December Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to three favourite writers and also explored three new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories: Winter 20222023-01-17T08:56:55-05:00

Read Indies: Biblioasis

2022-02-23T11:49:01-05:00

Who? Where? “Biblioasis is a literary press based in Windsor, Ontario, committed to publishing the best poetry, fiction and non-fiction in beautifully crafted editions.” “From Webpage” First encounter? Clark Blaise’s The Meagre Tarmac (2011) Other Biblioasis Reading: David Bergen’s Here the Dark (2020) Paige Cooper’s Zolitude (2018) Nancy

Read Indies: Biblioasis2022-02-23T11:49:01-05:00

Connecting Thread: From Colonialism to Corrosion (5 of 5)

2022-02-07T10:04:49-05:00

I’ve been following a thread through this year’s reading for the past four days, from Roe to Revolution, Revolution to Secrecy, Secrecy to Corruption, Corruption to Colonialism, and now, linking from one fiction about labour and status to another, moving from Colonialism to Corrosion. Did you guess from yesterday’s

Connecting Thread: From Colonialism to Corrosion (5 of 5)2022-02-07T10:04:49-05:00

Connecting Thread: From Corruption to Colonialism (4 of 5)

2021-12-27T16:20:08-05:00

Dirty Work by Eyal Press (2021) landed in my stack following an interview with the New York Times Book Review editor. Its subtitle—Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America—summarizes the content aptly, but doesn’t express how un-put-down-able I found this book. Most of the time, when

Connecting Thread: From Corruption to Colonialism (4 of 5)2021-12-27T16:20:08-05:00
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