If I hadn’t read Anne Michaels’ The Winter Vault immediately after reading Michael Ondaatje’s Divisadero, would I have been so struck by what seem such strong stylistic similarities between the two writers? Perhaps not. Certainly,…
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17 or 18 years ago, in an undergraduate course in Commonwealth Literature (otherwise known as post-colonial lit.), I first read Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. I’ll admit to finding it a hard slog, at first, densely…
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I’m working on a post about Anne Michaels’ The Winter Vault, but meanwhile, a quick catch-up (story of my blogging life, truly) toward wrapping up this year’s reading. First, Joseph Boyden’s Through Black Spruce —…
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Once again, I’m trying to catch up to my writing so that I can get on with my reading. And I’m reminding myself that my only commitment is to record what I’ve read; no demand…
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We’ve had at least three days of Wind Warning here over the last week — blustery rain-filled days just made for staying inside and reading. I took advantage of a break between marking to read…
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