The Advent Book Blog is a which runs from December 1st through the 25th. It’s run by Books on the Radio and Book Madam, and it’s now in its third year. It offers reader-sourced recommendations – ad-free. I’ve just recommended The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (click here to find out why). If you’re interested in sending […]
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My poem “Vicious Beauty” has been published in the Fall 2011 edition of The Found Poetry Review.
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As this is the fourth edition of Shelf Life, if you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity, you probably have a pretty good idea what it’s about. If you don’t, check out past editions for more info. I’m going to try to make this as brief as I can, as we’re almost halfway through November, and
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I just received the latest issue of Trigger93, which contains my essay “Marks: Uniting Spirit and Flesh”. The theme of this issue is “Flesh”, and my piece is a personal essay on spiritual tattoos. Though the ways this theme has been interpreted are as varied as they are powerful, from the interview with Anna Blume on ACT
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I took this picture on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011, during a Books & Martini Night with a few friends (before martinis, I might add), on Bloor Street West, somewhere between Bathurst and Spadina. My first theory was that at some point in 2012 I will travel back in time to whenever the sidewalk was laid, and inscribe
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I love getting mail. When I visit my postbox each week I come home with strange volumes various publishers have sent in for review, announcements for rare manuscripts about to be published, and the occasional thank you letter from an author for a review they particularly liked. I even love getting the mail at home, though most
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