I had to rearrange my living room to read and appreciate Anne Carson’s book Nox (see proof below). The book is an epitaph for her brother Michael. It is an ahistorical history of the man, explained through translated description of ancient words in Greek, pieced together like the tattered letters and collage included in the [...]
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Benjamin Perrin‘s comprehensive look at human trafficking, Invisible Chains, the first book of its kind published in Canada, is important, timely, and helpful. It is a clear call for Canada to return to its triumphant stand as a beacon of light as it was as the Underground Railroad during the slave trade in the United [...]
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Who wants to be gutted like a fish? Not I. But it’s how I describe the experience of reading Annie Dillard’s most recent novel The Maytrees: spliced and filleted by her words. Dillard’s writing puts the mind to work. There’s more mileage in any one paragraph than in most books. Her command of language is [...]
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My friend Kelsey gifted this book to me for my last birthday. It was a page-turning, midnight-oil kind of read. The story of a young girl orphaned in Nazi Germany and taken in by a foster family. Her soft-hearted foster father teaches her to read with the first book she stole, the grave-digger’s hand guide [...]
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Read Anna Tan’s book review of Ten Silver Coins: They Drylings of Acchora here.
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read this book! (and check out the New York Times review)
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Interview: Bryan + Katie Torwalt, "Here on Earth"
If God Had A Facebook Account, What Would He Write on Your Wall?
Interview: Kidnap Survivor and Inspiring Humanitarian Amanda Lindhout
If Rudyard Kipling had Fridge Magnets
Chasing Tradition: Herbert's "Altar"
St. Matthew and Writing to an Audience
RS Thomas – The Bread of Truth
Creativity. Collaboration. Courage.
Coming Down From the Mountain: Advice to Those in Transition
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