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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The latest issue of carte blanche is up, no. 17, and it contains a poem from me titled “Wrecked.”
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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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April was Poetry Month, and I did get in some poetry, but also quiet a few graphic novels. 42. The Metaphysician in the Dark, by Charles Simic (University of Michigan Press, 2003) 43. Far to Go, by Alison Pick (House of Anansi, 2010) 44. In Reliquary, by Daryl Hine (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2013) 45. Are You My
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The proper use of a hammer is to stand fifteen feet away and throw it at the nail. If you’re the hammer in the beginning, you’ve got to be the nail by the end. Such is life, cowboy. –Dean Young, The Art of Recklessness
April was Poetry Month, and May is Short Story Month. Is there a literary category for every month of the year? No, but perhaps there ought to be. This Saturday isn’t just Star Wars Day (“May the fourth be with you”), this year it’s also Free Comic Book Day, which is always held the first Saturday in
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