[In which I elaborate on an earlier post, “Slow Writing?“] In thinking about my earlier contention that writing ought to…
Interview with Michelle Butler Hallett
Outside of Canada, most people, when asked to name a Canadian writer, might think of Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael…
Slow Writing?
Would that there were no other kind. Sara Levine, author of the fantastic Treasure Island!!!, was interviewed in the…
I Can Read for Miles and Miles: Field Report from the Moby-Dick Marathon
Last weekend I went to the Moby-Dick marathon, an annual event in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where much of the landlubbing…
The North American Innovation Crash of 1993
The Ombudsman of the Washington Post has this to say about “innovation”: “I’m wondering, and readers are too, whether…
Acquiring the Superfluous
[Alexander Theroux’s essay “Theroux Metaphrastes” was published as an appendix to David R. Godine’s 1975 edition of Theroux’s 1972 novel,…
Pop-up Books: An Homage
Last week, as I was picking up some films from the library of my alma mater, the University of New…
THE SOT-WEED FACTOR, A Duet: Part I
A dual post by contributors John Domini and Amber Sparks on The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth. JOHN: Wanting to…
Stanley Elkin, Ghosting Through Boston, Beautifully
A reminiscence of Stanley Elkin & a one-on-one workshop session I was lucky enough to have.
His Light Materials: Puig, Film, and “Gruesome Tangos”
I hope some of you are reading and digging Manuel Puig’s Betrayed by Rita Hayworth. In my first post, I…