Category Archives: Ephemera

Mumbo Jumbo

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Francois Lachance

I unfolded what looked like a topographic map of Pikwakwud Creek in the Kenora District (Patricia Portion) of Ontario to find on the obverse a poster for Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo appearing at the Silver Dollar at 1 A.M. “Tonight”. … Continue reading →

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Witnessing

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Francois Lachance

In my paper files I came across a course description from I believe the 97-98 academic year. It was being offered at the Centre for Comparative Literature (University of Toronto) by Ross Chambers, visiting as the Northrop Frye Chair. The … Continue reading →

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Queer Sighting

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Francois Lachance

The back cover of the programme of events for Queer Sites held May 13-15, 1993 at New College, University of Toronto, has a lovely “poem” on the back that fascinates me because of its enjambement. HOMOACADEMICA QUERYING THE QUEER SEX … Continue reading →

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Step Softly

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Ursula K. Le Guin The Telling Where my guides lead me in kindness I follow, follow lightly, and there are no footprints in the dust behind us. . . . And so for day 620 24.08.2008

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Vanished Boundaries Remembered

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Shawn Micallef, one of Toronto’s psychogeographers, wrote some time ago in an issue of Eye Weekly about a particular sculptural piece: On Yonge Street, the Hogg’s Hollow dip divides the city deeper and wider than the Don Valley and is … Continue reading →

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Statements

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Francois Lachance

On a piece of fading hotel notepaper, two statements recorded some ages ago in Chicago at a convention of the MLA, statements that deserve unpacking Rhetoric is a question of bringing valence to bear on the tautological. Dialectic is a … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Francois Lachance

It has travelled on a torn piece of yellow sticky whose glue is no longer effective. It was found tucked under a paper clip in a gathering of similar short sequences that might be suitable to incorporate into some longer … Continue reading →

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Transforming Form

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Came across a creative writing course outline from the early 90s (Transforming Form: Creative Writing from a Gay & Lesbian Perspectives). I proposed that “Through a series of directed readings and structured exercises, participants will integrate an awareness of anticipated … Continue reading →

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Eroding Emergence

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Francois Lachance

From The Islands by Louise Cotnoir translated by Oana Avasilichioaei. Place can’t escape Weathering Words no longer write On cave walls To azure lakes They float on the screen Take this poetic excerpt which seems to evoke digital decay and … Continue reading →

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Should Old Acquaintance

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Francois Lachance

It was a special event marked with wit. I do like the suggestive Tie Up [the outgoing year] and Unleash [the incoming year]. And the simple design replicating the logo of the now defunct Toolbox. Now this little piece of … Continue reading →

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