by Ken Kesey Am I a terrible person? To like a piece of literature so criticized for its racism and misogyny seems to suggest as much. And I see the truth in the arguments, though I would suggest that it should be regarded less as racist and misogynist literature, and more as real literature, literature…
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Starting late May, I’ll be doing multiple readings from Lucifer around Thunder Bay! Check out the venues below; hopefully you can make it out to at least one!
In case you still haven’t got your copy of Lucifer, you can now get it at the Northern Women’s Bookstore!
by Helen Humphreys It strikes me as the work of a very talented author to make a war novel dull. I admit that this is, perhaps, a more combative tone than I should be starting with, but I honestly feel that this was at least partly intentional by the author. The Evening Chorus starts us…
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Look what I found at a Chapters near me. (Near you too, if you happen to live in Thunder Bay.)
by Evelyn Waugh Some stories feel almost untouchable to me, which isn’t to say nothing exists that can be considered better, and it isn’t to say nothing exists that is similar, but, even with similarities and even with stories that resonate on deeper, more visceral levels, nothing feels truly comparable. In the case of Brideshead…
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I had a great time at Ad Astra 2015, but all good things must come to an end. I met some amazing people and find myself with a huge pile of additional reading to do now. Here’s to next year!
by Naomi Klein Rare is it for a book to come along and give you something significant to think about, that sticks with you long after you finish reading––if not fundamentally changing your outlook. I suppose saying that This Changes Everything is such a book shouldn’t be overly surprising, given the title. However, such a…
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by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman How lucky am I to read books back-to-back that actually made me laugh out loud, first Our Man in Havana, and now Good Omens. I hate to admit, however, that Greene’s classic wasn’t the story that came to mind while reading this one. No, that title goes to something…
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by Graham Greene Our Man in Havana has the unique distinction of its place in history more-or-less matching up with its subject matter. The story is about Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman from Cuba, being recruited by British intelligence to gather information. Not knowing the first thing about espionage, but still wanting to draw a…
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