A story of Harriet and Maeve who meet at the beginning of WWI and reconnect the night Coventry is bombed. I felt as if I were right there with them. Yeats' "terrible beauty".
Monday, December 17, 2018
COVENTRY
Helen Humphreys. COVENTRY. HarperCollins, 2008.
A story of Harriet and Maeve who meet at the beginning of WWI and reconnect the night Coventry is bombed. I felt as if I were right there with them. Yeats' "terrible beauty".
A story of Harriet and Maeve who meet at the beginning of WWI and reconnect the night Coventry is bombed. I felt as if I were right there with them. Yeats' "terrible beauty".
Saturday, December 15, 2018
THE SACRED HEADWATERS
Wade Davis. The SACRED HEADWATERS: The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass. Greystone, 2011.
I cheated a little on this coffee table book, reading only the photographs and captions. I am a great fan of Wade Davis' writing and this is local to British Columbia.
I cheated a little on this coffee table book, reading only the photographs and captions. I am a great fan of Wade Davis' writing and this is local to British Columbia.
HEART BERRIES
Terese Marie Mailhot. HEART BERRIES: A Memoir. Doubleday, Canada, 2018.
December 15, 2018. I read this memoir a second time, as the writing is so dense, like poetry, with every word and phrase needing to be attended to. Very brave. And complicated. The dual and triple diagnoses, with mental illness complicated by racism and obsession. Anxiety-producing in that the reader worries/hopes the writer is well now.
I was watching more closely this time for the subtle cultural references of Little Mountain Woman who goes to the river and the desert.
December 15, 2018. I read this memoir a second time, as the writing is so dense, like poetry, with every word and phrase needing to be attended to. Very brave. And complicated. The dual and triple diagnoses, with mental illness complicated by racism and obsession. Anxiety-producing in that the reader worries/hopes the writer is well now.
I was watching more closely this time for the subtle cultural references of Little Mountain Woman who goes to the river and the desert.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
STARLIGHT
Richard Wagamese. STARLIGHT. M & S, 2018.
An unfinished novel by the late Richard Wagamese. This is one of those books that you do not want to end, because you do not want to leave that place, and because you wish to hold off the intrusion of evil for as long as you possibly can. The way the publisher has chosen to finish the story makes it seem very modern, allowing the reader to participate, to choose, using biography and creative non-fiction as source material to add to the existing infrastructure. I also enjoy the poetic musings on nature and on art (Frank Starlight is a photographer.)
An unfinished novel by the late Richard Wagamese. This is one of those books that you do not want to end, because you do not want to leave that place, and because you wish to hold off the intrusion of evil for as long as you possibly can. The way the publisher has chosen to finish the story makes it seem very modern, allowing the reader to participate, to choose, using biography and creative non-fiction as source material to add to the existing infrastructure. I also enjoy the poetic musings on nature and on art (Frank Starlight is a photographer.)
Sunday, December 9, 2018
JAPJEE
Khushwant Singh. JAPJEE: Sikh Morning Prayer. Picus, 1999.
Beautiful book of prayers in original and translation, with an intro to Sikh faith and bio of Guru Nanak.
Beautiful book of prayers in original and translation, with an intro to Sikh faith and bio of Guru Nanak.
EARTH ALWAYS ENDURES
Philip, Neil (selections) & Curtis, E.S. (photographs). EARTH ALWAYS ENDURES: Native American Poems. Viking, 1996.
A wonderful gift of iconic photographs accompanying words from rituals and occasions.
A wonderful gift of iconic photographs accompanying words from rituals and occasions.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
ALL MY PUNY SORROWS
November 23, 2018.
Miriam Toews. ALL MY PUNY SORROWS. The narrator's sister Elfrieda, a world-renowned concert pianist, has lost her will to live. I love Toews' writing. So convincing, it is hard to acknowledge that it is fiction. Set in Winnipeg and Toronto.
Miriam Toews. ALL MY PUNY SORROWS. The narrator's sister Elfrieda, a world-renowned concert pianist, has lost her will to live. I love Toews' writing. So convincing, it is hard to acknowledge that it is fiction. Set in Winnipeg and Toronto.
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