Some reading that is more of a stretch for me past my usual comfort zone… 196 Our Times: Canada’s Independent Labour Magazine (Fall, 2015) I have probably read this magazine a couple times before and each time I wonder why I don’t subscribe then it slips out of mind again. The Our Times Tally is […]
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95books: List 23: Wonder and Anger and Typography, 186-195
186. phases of the harpsichord moon by Gary Barwin (Angelhouse, 20115) A pretty neat object, beautifully made and the story of preface and postscript interesting as well. This was a re-release of what was Barwin’s first chapbook of Serif of Nottingham Press, that which started so much in motion of his creativity, and his movement […]
95books: List 22: Joyce, Choice, Death and Depth of Story 176-185
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. […]
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 […]
95books: List 20: Novels and Novel Poetry, 155-166
At the edge of being done half a dozen more but spread across enough titles, I tend to take a while. In pursuit of novels in part, what do I have at hand that I never read? 155. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, (Cox &Wyman, 1950) People said this is […]