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  • Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving
    Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving
    December 01, 2015

    Eighty Feet Without a Net - Conversations with John Irving

    About a year ago I got an email that I had to read about twelve times over before it really settled in. That email was from Janet Turnbull Irving, the wife and agent of one of the most famous literary ...

  • Writers on TV Feature Interview: Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff
    Writers on TV Feature Interview: Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff
    May 25, 2015

    Writers on TV Feature Interview: Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff

    Poetry about television isn’t something you see done often, but kevin mcpherson eckhoff pulled it off in his chapbook “Game Show Reversed” (Bookthug).As the title suggests, the long poem is a transcription ...

  • Words & Curds: Ben Hatke, Creator of Zita the Spacegirl
    Words & Curds: Ben Hatke, Creator of Zita the Spacegirl
    May 23, 2014

    Words & Curds: Ben Hatke, Creator of Zita the Spacegirl

    On May 11, I whisked comics creator Ben Hatke (Zita the Spacegirl, Flight) away from the Toronto Comics Arts Festival to enjoy some poutine and undergo an interrogation. The American writer and illustrator ...

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