On Accessibility in Poetry
Quite a few weeks ago, I e-mailed my friend, Tanis MacDonald, to let her know that I had posted here about her latest collection of poetry, Rue the Day, and I shared some of my…
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Hallowe’en and abject horror
I think this might be the first Hallowe’en ever that I have neither dressed up nor carved a pumpkin (above is last year’s) nor bought candy to hand out to cute little costumed-up people (rarely…
View PostEscape Reading: I love a good mystery!
While I’m working my way through Kristeva’s Powers of Horror, I realized last week that I needed a bit of pampering and escape to help me through all the marking. Generally, when I get to…
View PostPleasures of Theory: Kristeva’s Powers of Horror
I’ve been dismayed recently to see the fervour with which some journalists and politicians feel they need to attack what they construct as academic elitism. Stephen Harper, our re-elected prime minister of a still-minority (thank…
View PostAnne Enright’s The Gathering
I’m making slow progress through the various piles of books “decorating” our house these days. But I won’t apologize for taking over a week to finish Anne Enright’s The Gathering. Last year’s Man Booker winner,…
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