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Shelf Life: June 2013

Another month, another eclectic mix. 74. In Search of Duende, by Federico García Lorca (New Directions, 2010) A combination of poetry, and essays which felt a bit over my head. This probably shouldn’t have been my first introduction to Lorca. 75. Gwendolyn MacEwan, Vol 2, by Gwendolyn MacEwan (Exile Editions, 2001) This series of short, reasonably priced […]

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Shelf Life: July 2012

July’s reading consisted largely of fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and comics. By the end of the month I’d reached 100 books read in 2012. 82. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen (Picador, 2010) Huh. This is the second month I’ve entered this year reading Jonathan Frazen. I have no idea why. It’s not intentional. Like The Corrections, it’s a

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Shelf Life: April 2012

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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