By chance many of the works on the billet at the moment circle around the ideas of boundaries of identity, of country, of living and dead. What is the individual to the nation? What is the collective to the individual? 176. Introducing William Pittman Lett: Ottawa’s First City Clerk and Bard 1819-1892 by Bryan D. […]
Author Archives: Pearl
Inner flame
Why do we do what we do? Why eschew one part? Write but not edit, or edit but not publish or publish but not promote, or promote but not edit, write but not think, socialize but not write, read but not submit? It all is part of the process. “The promotion side is not contrary […]
95books: list 21: Haiku, Carr & Homer, 167-175
To read less, deeper, or more, broader? I like a wide scope. As a child I was bitten by the idea of Renaissance Man. Much leads to more. You can get to anywhere from anywhere. Especially with dopamine misfire but real connection isn’t a sensation but careful insight. You can have the whole world siphoned […]
What works
How could you like that book? at NY Books Tim Parks says, although various authors are successful and competent, he cannot understand the attraction to some writing and how people commit to so many pages read. I buy a copy, and halfway through I toss it away, literally, at the wall, in intense irritation. How […]
ospf
Dang, and doing gender audit afterwards, almost all male. Drat. There are more photos of the day. You may all have seen the Ottawa small press photos I took. It’s all over again until next June. What new presses? What new titles? Which old friends will come again?