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May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

Chrostowska’s Chrestomathy

By Jeff Bursey   I am a bad animal, a black, broken, and lousy animal. I pull my driver behind…

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December 7, 2020May 4, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Writing

Review of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994

By Jeff Bursey   I And yet, the cumulative pullulation of this Host achieved something the entire Soviet Machine had…

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September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 - Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Writing

“Outgrowths and Trimmings”: The Short Fiction and Poetry of Sam Savage

By Jeff Bursey   Sam Savage’s fiction is filled with characters that stand askew from life. They are outcasts, isolates,…

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February 6, 2018February 25, 2019 - Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing

On Cruft

Introduction Fans of lengthy and complex novels often encounter the sentiment that shorter works are better because they get their…

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January 8, 2015 - Uncategorized

From Canada, with Despair

Pasha Malla, a Canadian writer, has put together some thoughts on the current state of how we speak about writing…

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June 7, 2013June 5, 2013 - Uncategorized

OCMS!

A few nights ago we had the chance to see Old Crow Medicine Show. This province isn’t a place that…

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May 28, 2013May 27, 2013 - Uncategorized

Island art

A fellow where I live named Kerras Jeffrey makes art out of whatever comes to hand.

April 22, 2013April 23, 2013 - Uncategorized

On the latest set of rules for writing—Canadian version

I In Canada there are two national newspapers. One, The National Post, runs a section called Afterword. On 28 March…

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March 16, 2013 - Uncategorized

On judging for literary prizes

Madeleine Thien, author of Dogs at the Perimeter, a novel, and other fiction titles, stated a few days ago what has…

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March 12, 2013March 13, 2013 - Uncategorized

The Next Best Thing… Jeff Bursey

So this has shown up here, but I took part in it in November when Rebecca Rosenblum, a Canadian short…

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