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From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are...
From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are shown with compassion in all their human complexity. At a time when so many of us are dealing with mortality during the pandemic, this book will provide thoughtful comfort and artful relief to many readers.”
Book review: Son’s end of life memoir for his father is gritty, honest and moving
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Best Canadian Poetry 2021
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ManBug
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The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About
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Random Acts of Hatred
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Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman
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Queeries: An Anthology of Gay Male Prose
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The Fed Anthology: Brand New Fiction and Poetry from the Federation of BC Writers
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If one is drawn to a book titled "The Land of the Green Man" because one wants to learn more about "the Green Man" one is going to be sorely disappointed. Colour me disappointed. There he is on the cover, but page 226 (out of 239) "brings us at last t ...more |
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Knowing little about Caravaggio before I read this book, I was in no position to assess the weight of Graham-Dixon's arguments. However, he writes well, and I enjoyed reading this book. Writing about art, like writing about music, can be very hard to ...more |
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"I had a vague impression that Hesse wrote long, heavily philosophical tomes, with a hefty dose of spirituality. There are aspects of both, but this is short, light, and fun as well. And a bit trippy. (Also, note that it's nothing to do with the GR bl"
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A relatively straightforward Japanese folk tale, involving such themes as keeping promises, seasonal rituals, and (in a complicated manner) respecting the necessity of honourable behaviour. In his introduction to this short story, Alberto Manguel says ...more |
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After appearing in Vanity Fair in 1923, this charming portrait of two ladies "became celebrated" (also much mocked and parodied). Dear Miss Stein: What can we say about these two ladies? (Who were, really, in real life, two darling regular visitors by ...more |
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"“My dear comrade’s dead—
Patroclus—the man I loved beyond all other comrades, loved as my own life—I’ve lost him… […] My spirit rebels—I’ve lost the will to live, to take my stand in the world of men—unless, before all else, Hector’s battered down by my " Read more of this review » |
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| A detailed look at the year 1922 and the lives of major writers such as Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, as well as others including James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Katherine Mansfield (whose popularity Woolf found distressing), and Ezra Pound (who helpe ...more | |
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While reading this obscure novel I happened upon a page in a notebook dated about 4 years ago, and this was jotted down: "Israel Potter, Herman Melville" I have no idea why I wrote that down or what had prompted it. When I saw this paperback in a used ...more |
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A classic spooky tale, of the sort where corrupt intentions are rewarded in kind. This is a story about gambling, or perhaps it is a morality tale. Actually, as I reflect on it, there is quite a bit going on considering it it only a few pages long. |
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“The Sanskrit word for awareness is smriti, which no one can pronounce. This may explain why awareness has not become as well-known in the west as karma, dharma, and nirvana.”
― ManBug
― ManBug
“She sang, of course, "M'ama!" and not "he loves me," since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
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I just requested your book THE HOME STRETCH from my local library. :)
Thank you! I was very excited recently when I saw it in my local branch.