Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
acclaimed canadian steampunky slavery novel
Tag: Canada
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
getting sad again in the bleak northern winter
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
Preacher: Book Five by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
back on old school bullsh*t
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
impressive, emotive, historical
Vibrator by Mari Akasaka
a great Japanese novel
Chardin and Rembrandt by Marcel Proust
short post that took a month to not write
Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry Volume One: 1926 – 46
700 pages of Lowryian bliss…
Ossuaries by Dionne Brand
political poetry: what is it good for?
Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
some inappropriate teenage nostalgia
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
very booker prize winnery booker prize winner
The Commons by Stephen Collis
why are poets so obsessed with outside?
Bear by Marian Engel
simply the bestial
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
What’s the difference between comics and cartoons?
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
This dystopian novel feels a bit too 2016…
October Ferry To Gabriola by Malcolm Lowry
As I continue to read through the (surprisingly) ever-expanding oeuvre of the alcoholic, depressive, late-Modernist writer, Malcolm Lowry, I amContinue Reading
The Chairs Are Where the People Go by Misha Glouberman with Sheila Heti
The Chairs Are Where The People Go is a strange book, and a highly-acclaimed one. It’s semi-written by Sheila Heti, authorContinue Reading
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From The Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton
The day began with a shock. Pascale Petit, the poet, sent me a series of angry tweets about the reviewContinue Reading
Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry was a tragic figure. A hugely talented writer, yet an alcoholic of such self-destructive proportions that he diedContinue Reading
How Should A Person Be? by Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti’s brand new* How Should A Person Be? is a charming – and very contemporary – autobiographical novel detailing aContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 