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May 23, 2025Unlocking Out of Editing
In my April 2025 column for Open Book, I wrote about the difficulties of locking into editing. Coming back to a manuscript you feel you’ve completed is tricky, especially when you’re at the stage ...
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May 03, 2009
Our Town, 2009 Edition
Come the goodweather folks inthis Portuguese-Italian neighbourhoodhang their clothesout to dryso stirring linesof laundryin the breezeare a sure signit’s warming up.Come fill the cupthe poet said…Of ...
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November 17, 2016
Stranger than Fiction: discussion with Steven Beattie and Dr. Laurence Scott
By Bianca Lakoseljac: OB Writer in Residence. As a fiction writer, I often find myself wondering how the world we live in is reflected in the world we create in our stories, and how the stories we create ...
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November 16, 2017Read an Excerpt from Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will Hang by Ava Farmehri
On the same day in 1979 when a new, deeply orthodox government declared the birth of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Sheyda Porrouya, the narrator of Ava Farmehri's Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will ...
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November 08, 2024Catherine Black's Debut Novel, Blessed Nowhere, Finds a Way Through Sorrow and Loss with a Grand Road Trip
As a poet, Catherine Black has been nominated for multiple awards, and has challenged savvy readers with inventive, hybrid forms that explore complex themes of motherhood, mental health, addiction ...
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June 06, 2017On Writing, with paulo da costa
The idiom "small is beautiful" is often true in fiction - from short stories to microfiction, sometimes the briefest glimpses into an imagined world are the most arresting. The Midwife of Torment & ...
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June 21, 2017The Lucky Seven, with David Sherman
David Sherman's The Alcoholic's Daughter (Guernica Editions) examines a complex relationship that slowly descends from troubled to abusive. From the outside, Annie and Evan have the perfect dynamic. But ...
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October 15, 2024Jason Heroux Explores the Joy and Bafflement of Our MIxed-Up World with Like a Trophy From the Sun
Jason Heroux is a prolific poet with a number of works published, and a collection of short fiction and various new chapbooks forthcoming. So, it's no surprise that the author believes that the writing ...
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November 20, 2015Taking Your Medicine in the Editing Room
In previous posts I’ve talked about the hard road to getting a book published, and even a bit about the effort that goes into just getting those first few stories done. I’ve talked about submitting ...
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October 08, 2025Danila Botha Invites Readers Into the Tender, Chaotic World of A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US
The brand new novel from acclaimed author Danila Botha, aptly titled A Place for People Like Us (Guernica Editions), is a bold and deeply moving exploration of friendship, trust, and the thin line ...
