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Write Reads #30 All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Our 30th podcast sees (or hears) the return of another guest host, Rick, formerly of Another Book Blog, Canon Fodder, and Through the Pages (now a little caterpillar in his cocoon waiting to become a butterfly). Get ready for a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Podcast, Tania
Tagged Alexis Kienlen, All My Puny Sorrows, bad audiobook narrators, Bear, book blogging, Book Club Podcast, Can-Lit, depression, Marian Engel, Miriam Toews, suicide
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Write Reads #27 How Poetry Saved My Life by Amber Dawn
For a couple of kids who aren’t that big on non-fiction we sure did seem to enjoy this memoir. Please listen and let us know what you thought about the book, and about our thoughts on it. Announcements (in keeping … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Book Picks, Kirt, Opinions, Podcast, Tania
Tagged activisim, All My Puny Sorrows, Amber Dawn, Andre Alexis, China Mieville, Emma Donoghue, Fall From Grace, Fifteen Dogs, Frog Music, Holly Black, How Poetry Saved My Life, John Vaillant, memoir, Miriam Toews, non-fiction, Perdido Street Station, poetry, queer identity, Reading in Bed, sex workers, Sub Rosa, The Jaguar's Children, wayne arthurson, Welcome to Bordertown
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Trying Not To Fear The Reaper
It has been a hard week for literary types. We have lost Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Alistair Macleod. While I am sometimes drawn to the cult of relentless positivity, I am just as often repelled by it, and I find … Continue reading
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Tagged Alistair MacLeod, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, immortality, Michael Chabon, Miriam Toews, Patrick deWitt, Steven Galloway
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Write Reads Joins in on Waiting on Wednesday: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Breaking the Spine has created a wonderful nexus for people to talk about forthcoming titles that they’re excited about. We thought we’d put in our two cents worth (five cents, now that we’ve done away with the penny (0.0447909 cents … Continue reading