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Rebecca Lee understands the Bobcat and its prey | Readership

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Rebecca Lee understands the Bobcat and its prey. February 3, 2015. March 10, 2015. Bobcat and other stories. Is full of people waiting to be caught. Amazon did an interview with Lee about how she works and what inspires her writing. She talks about reading poetry and says that she listened to a hymn many times while writing the cover story in this collection. Watch the video, and read a few brief reviews of some of the stories below. Should they tell her? The Banks of the Vistula. Very good review. I...

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Friendship is rich but fickle too: Elizabeth Hay’s ‘Small Change’ | Readership

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Friendship is rich but fickle too: Elizabeth Hay’s ‘Small Change’. March 1, 2015. March 10, 2015. Elizabeth Hay tackles her subject, friendship, head on. The former CBC radio journalist. Doggedly chronicles events, some pulled from her own life, and analyzes their meaning from every angle. The prose is economical, as you would expect from a seasoned broadcast writer, although it also. I will review some specific stories from this collection in my next post. What’s in a friend? March 1, 2015 at 8:08 pm.

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Alice Munro’s letter to life | Readership

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Alice Munro’s letter to life. March 31, 2015. March 31, 2015. Reading the Short Story. 8220;What happens as event doesn’t really much matter, she says. The main event in question in. At least in the last four stories which form their own section, is life itself, which matters quite a lot. But Munro succeeds, as always, in building an atmosphere that conveys far more than the family happenings getting a little brother, an encounter with a scary neighbour that they recount. And you should go read it there.

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My Top 10 Canadian Short Stories | Readership

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My Top 10 Canadian Short Stories. April 1, 2015. Since beginning a reading challenge. Several weeks ago, I’ve read about 100 Canadian short stories from 10 collections. I’ve read them on trains, I’ve read them on planes, I’ve read them while standing in elevators and walking down the street. I did not read them while eating green eggs and ham, but I did read them while eating dinner. Lives of Girls and Women. But it’s a list within my reading list, showcasing those that touched me most. As a reader, it i...

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Violence stirs from inside and out in ‘Stone Mattress’ | Readership

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Violence stirs from inside and out in ‘Stone Mattress’. February 26, 2015. March 10, 2015. In my last post. I reviewed the first three stories in Margaret Atwood’s collection. Together they comprise a mini-saga about the lives of three women and a man they were all involved with, set around themes of aging, art, sex and love. Things turn considerably darker in the stories I will review below, with violent rumblings sometimes coming from within characters, and sometimes from the angry mobs outside. But yo...

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April | 2015 | Readership

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My Top 10 Canadian Short Stories. April 1, 2015. Since beginning a reading challenge. Several weeks ago, I’ve read about 100 Canadian short stories from 10 collections. I’ve read them on trains, I’ve read them on planes, I’ve read them while standing in elevators and walking down the street. I did not read them while eating green eggs and ham, but I did read them while eating dinner. Lives of Girls and Women. But it’s a list within my reading list, showcasing those that touched me most. As a reader, it i...

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March | 2015 | Readership

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Alice Munro’s letter to life. March 31, 2015. March 31, 2015. Reading the Short Story. 8220;What happens as event doesn’t really much matter, she says. The main event in question in. At least in the last four stories which form their own section, is life itself, which matters quite a lot. But Munro succeeds, as always, in building an atmosphere that conveys far more than the family happenings getting a little brother, an encounter with a scary neighbour that they recount. And you should go read it there.

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Take Only Pictures, Leave Only Footprints | Jet Set Trek

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Make Your Miles Count. Take Only Pictures, Leave Only Footprints. April 1, 2015. April 1, 2015. In my earlier post, I explained how to pack all of your trip essentials into a carry-on. This approach also leaves little room to bring anything back from your trip, which can sometimes be a blessing. Over the years, I have learned to curb my shopping by being choosy about what I bring back. Here are my suggestions on what to bring back, aside from photographs:. Painting of Angkor Wat. 4 A signature item.

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The Canadian stories book challenge | Readership

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The Canadian stories book challenge. January 25, 2015. March 9, 2015. I have a confession: I’ve been slacking off, watching too many cat videos ( like this one. Aw. And reading too many episodes of Futurama on Netflix, and it’s time for some reading. Lives of Girls and Women. I graduated, swapped novels for newspapers in graduate school, then got a real life job, and I fell woefully behind on being a reader. I’ve decided to do some fast-forward catch-up. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

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Travel | Jet Set Trek

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Make Your Miles Count. Take Only Pictures, Leave Only Footprints. April 1, 2015. April 1, 2015. In my earlier post, I explained how to pack all of your trip essentials into a carry-on. This approach also leaves little room to bring anything back from your trip, which can sometimes be a blessing. Over the years, I have learned to curb my shopping by being choosy about what I bring back. Here are my suggestions on what to bring back, aside from photographs:. Painting of Angkor Wat. 4 A signature item.