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July 05, 2017Rebecca Rosenblum on the long path to her acclaimed novel So Much Love
Rebecca Rosenblum was already acclaimed for her short fiction when she released her debut novel, So Much Love (McClelland & Stewart) this past spring. So Much Love has shown that Rosenblum is ...
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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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April 10, 2015
Revision and Sedgwick and Surprise
In my head my posts this month were going to unfold more linearly than they seem currently to be doing. I imagined each post, in advance of writing it (and an advance of writing any of the posts) as a ...
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February 26, 2014
Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 3)
Part 3: The past + The future = The presentIf I may elaborate please. You've made it this far into my diatribe (Yay!). I promise that if what I'm saying does not make sense yet, it will soon. First, let's ...
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February 13, 2017A few minutes with ... Pamela Mordecai
During my month here, I am presenting a series of interviews with various members of the literary community. Today I'm thrilled to share my conversation with Pamela Mordecai. You can find Pamela's past ...
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October 21, 2016
Adventures in Letterpress
Lately, book news has taken an optimistic turn. It’s been reported that millennials prefer paper to electronic books, and that sales at independent bookstores are steadily rising. Hooray on both counts! ...
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November 19, 2020
Things That Are Not Poetry, But Are
When you and your friend message the same thing at the same time.Ripe fruit, and new ways of describing it.Remembering all the words and key changes to a song you thought you had forgotten at karaoke.When ...
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February 06, 2017
My Plastic Bag of Words Part 1 of 2
As stated in my interview, in my closet I have a plastic bag that has poems that I've rejected. That plastic bag is slightly more than a bag of failed poetry, and it represents my writing process in ...
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February 09, 2017
The absurdity of literary prizes part 1 of 2
It's 2016, Stockholm, and Patti Smith is dressed in a black suit, nervously performing Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. A hushed crowd listens in celebration of her rendition of a song written by the ...
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February 25, 2014
Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 2)
Part 2: The death of the traditional press and the birth of the multimedium publisherThat's right, I'm coining a term to describe what I have been observing. Presses that have roots tied to micro publishing ...
