TCAF was in May, and I came out of it with a few comics, and a desire to read lots more. 61. Spike: The Complete Series, by Brian Lynch (IDW Publishing, 2012) While Spike was my favourite character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the television series), he’s lost something in the comic. Lynch seems intent on making […]
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A mixed bag of poetry, graphic novels, non-graphic novels, literary criticism and other non-fiction. 66. Selected Poems, by Robert Bringhurst (Gaspereau Press, 2009) I haven’t read Bringhurst before, but this collection was recommended to me. It contains selected poems from several other works. Philosophy and a wandering geography, from Japan to the Middle East and elsewhere, I’m
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April seemed to be a month for poetry and reading books for Broken Pencil reviews. 36. Attack of the Copula Spiders, by Douglas Glover (Biblioasis, 2012) The subtitle proclaims this a collection of essays about writing, and while the first two may be construed as such, the remaining essays are primarily concerned with reading. It’s a great
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