Potpourri — mystery, chicklit, memoirs, theory
Okay, this is going to be one of those quick catch-up posts — if I have a minute, one of these days I’ll take a photo or two of the stacks and stacks of unreads…
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Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Right now, my reading is divided primarily between a stack of student essays and, more happily, some guidebooks on London (I’m looking for a decent, affordable place to stay for a few days at the…
View PostDionne Brand’s What We All Long For
Mater in Toronto last summer, in front of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal As I mentioned last post, I’ve been teaching Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For. My students are finding much…
View PostToo much sex? Stephen Henighan’s The Streets of Winter
Got your attention? Thought I could risk a catchier title! Last week I re-read Stephen Henighan’s The Streets of Winter in preparation for teaching it in my 4th-year urban Canadian fiction class. Once again, noting…
View PostReading for Pleasure — Richard Wagamese’s Ragged Company
Today I was gifted with the mixed blessing of a March snow day. While this admittedly makes life a bit tougher in terms of getting ’round, and while it means we’ll be trudging through a…
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