Hallowe’en and abject horror
I think this might be the first Hallowe’en ever that I have neither dressed up nor carved a pumpkin (above is last year’s) nor bought candy to hand out to cute little costumed-up people (rarely…
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Escape Reading: I love a good mystery!
While I’m working my way through Kristeva’s Powers of Horror, I realized last week that I needed a bit of pampering and escape to help me through all the marking. Generally, when I get to…
View PostPleasures of Theory: Kristeva’s Powers of Horror
I’ve been dismayed recently to see the fervour with which some journalists and politicians feel they need to attack what they construct as academic elitism. Stephen Harper, our re-elected prime minister of a still-minority (thank…
View PostAnne Enright’s The Gathering
I’m making slow progress through the various piles of books “decorating” our house these days. But I won’t apologize for taking over a week to finish Anne Enright’s The Gathering. Last year’s Man Booker winner,…
View PostTanis MacDonald’s Rue the Day
I always, always, always have a book in my purse for filling up all those waiting minutes during the day and have done so for as far back as I can remember. It’s difficult for…
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