Mona Fertig. Sex, Death & Travel. Oolichan, 1998.
The secondhand copy of this book I found at The Bookman has a beautiful full-colour French-fold cover. The title page identifies the collection as "prose poems" which is a good reminder that prose poems have been published for at least twenty years. I never cracked the code as to why some phrases are in italics although I have faith that there is a reason. I found the Travel section the most accessible. I imagine I have experienced the look and feel of Australia and some islands without ever having been there. The section on Death makes me wonder: are these prose poems non-fiction? It is still never safe to assume. A wonderful gift as I labour at my creative non-fiction course.
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Black & Blue
Ian Rankin. Black & Blue. Orion, 1997.
I still love Rebus, and this is an earlier title I somehow missed. Bible John and Johnny Bible, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Shetlands, Peterhead, and on the North Sea oil rigs. This is the cover of the secondhand paperback I found, but this is not the actor whose face I see when I read the novels.
And Rebus and Siobhan:
I still love Rebus, and this is an earlier title I somehow missed. Bible John and Johnny Bible, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Shetlands, Peterhead, and on the North Sea oil rigs. This is the cover of the secondhand paperback I found, but this is not the actor whose face I see when I read the novels.
And Rebus and Siobhan:
Monday, February 13, 2017
The Defiant Mind
February 12, 2017
Ron Smith. The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke. Ronsdale, 2016.
A very interesting and beautifully written insider's account of recovery from a stroke.
Ron Smith. The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke. Ronsdale, 2016.
A very interesting and beautifully written insider's account of recovery from a stroke.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen. Beautiful Losers. Viking, 1966. Bantam, 1967.
How many times have I read this novel trying to figure out some meaning?
How many times have I read this novel trying to figure out some meaning?
In the Forest
February 4, 2017
Edna O'Brien. In the Forest. Phoenix, 2002.
Ripped from the headlines.
I suspect, an artist's frantic attempt to create beauty out of ugliness.
Edna O'Brien. In the Forest. Phoenix, 2002.
Ripped from the headlines.
I suspect, an artist's frantic attempt to create beauty out of ugliness.
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