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June 07, 2015
Chopsticks
Last summer, I made chilled noodle soup.Why? I was writing a short story that took place in North Korea, and I was stuck. The plot, for some reason, had twisted into a Gordian knot (if you know what I’m ...
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June 06, 2015Could We Can the Cover Copy?
I’m going to tell you something about my fiction-reading habits: I always skip the cover copy. The publisher-penned description printed on the cover and used everywhere from retailers’ websites to ...
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June 05, 2015On Making Sausages
June is the month of graduation. On campus, SFU students seem happier, despite impending midterms. Relatives in high heels are carrying peonies. All parking lots are full.As I pass by the Convocation ...
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June 03, 2015And Then They Were upon Her...
If you’ve never heard of Shirley Jackson or read her sensational short story "The Lottery," you should stop doing whatever you’re doing and read it at once.When “The Lottery” was published on ...
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May 30, 2015
Lollipops
Last Saturday, on a beautiful, cloudy morning in Vancouver, I went for a run on the Seawall. It was no ordinary run, mind you, but day 20 of my 16-week marathon-training schedule. I was to run 14 miles: ...
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May 30, 2015
The Lucky Seven Interview, with Irina Kovalyova
Irina Kovalyova is an Ivy League-educated scientist, a debut author and, we are very excited to say, our June 2015 writer-in-residence at Open Book!Irina's collection of short stories, Specimen combines ...
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May 29, 2015Writers on TV Survey: Spencer Gordon
Dear reader, this is my last post as writer-in-residence. It’s been a slice, and I’m sorry it’s over. I leave the last word to the funny and talented author and co-founder of one of my favourite ...
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May 28, 2015Writers on TV Survey: David Seymour
In this installment of our Writers on TV survey, David Seymour elaborates on watching TV after working in TV all day every day.Name: David SeymourRecent publication: For Display Purposes Only, Coach House ...
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May 27, 2015Agents on TV: Sam Hiyate
Sam Hiyate is president of The Rights Factory, a boutique literary agency in Toronto. In his 24-year publishing career, he has worked at literary magazines, small presses and with New York Times bestselling ...
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May 26, 2015Writers on TV Survey: Nancy Jo Cullen
Award-winning short story author and poet Nancy Jo Cullen is next up in our survey series.Name: Nancy Jo CullenRecent work: www.nancyjocullen.net Most recent book is a short story collection: Canary ...
