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Round of Ribbons

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Yoko’s Dogs Caution Tape Between the covers, a circle. opening page… you came to me in a dream– was it by train or photograph? good night, that is, good morning farewell, that is, hello scouring a burned pot thinking of … Continue reading →

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Amassed

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Stan DraglandThe Difficult In an essay about poetry from Phil Hall (“Red Skeleton”), Dragland promises (p. 72) to eventually explain an allusion: How balance outright enmity with good-natured association, smart with dumb, the amassees and the masses (allusion to be … Continue reading →

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Voices Preserved

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Francois Lachance

“Playing” – one in a series – this oral history piece collects the voices of older adults reminiscing about the games they played as children. Brilliantly crafted in a way to evoke the intercutting of neighbourhood sounds. http://www.harbordvillagehistory.ca/storypost/14.html While out … Continue reading →

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On Being Intertextual

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A most cogent explanation of intertext and its relation to social experience. Michael Rosen Trying to Catch the Moments The Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture No. 23 I think that’s our job, really: to think of questions about poems we … Continue reading →

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Living by Feeding

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Elif Shafak PEN HG Wells Lecture Democracy is not a medal that once earned can be framed and hung on a wall to hide the cracks. It is a delicate ecosystem, a living and breathing environment of interacting beings, checks … Continue reading →

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O Book Ends

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Brian Dillon Suppose a Sentence A set of meditations on a set of sentences. The first author in the series is Shakespeare; the last is Anne Boyer. The one is entitled “What, Gone Without a Word?”; the other, “What How … Continue reading →

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think, talk, listen, write

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Francois Lachance

shalan joudry Promptly A miscellany of writing tips and tales from Nova Scotian authors. A fundraiser for the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. Head to the land (forest, brook, seaside, tundra — wherever nature is still the boss). Hopefully this … Continue reading →

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Progressive Discipline

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Ralph Nader The Seventeen Traditions “The Tradition of Discipline” When the look alone didn’t work, they [Mother and Father] relied on a sequence of three Arabic reprimands. the mildest was skoot or skiti (male or female), the next stage was … Continue reading →

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Mordant Wit and Medicine

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Agatha Christie The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side (1962) A comment on clinical practice … “The young doctors are all the same,” said Miss Marple. “They take your blood pressure, and whatever’s the matter with you, you get some … Continue reading →

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Fun Fact

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Shari Kasman Rocks Don’t Move and Other Questionable Facts In a box outside her home, Shari Kasman collected facts in exchange for books, with the hope of learning something new. What showed up in the box was a mix of … Continue reading →

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