25 Nov On Becoming
The other day, I was talking to my mother in law about creativity, and my infant daughter’s predisposition to creativity....
11 Nov “Two Spiritual Americas”
... a kind of metaphor for the fact that there have always, and not only since this sad Tuesday, been two spiritual Americas: one of intellect, one of spleen; one graceful, one grubby; one cool, one lit by resentment from below. ...
06 Nov The Summoning World
"But there is, also, the summoning world, the admirable energies of the world, better than anger, better than bitterness and, because more interesting, more alleviating...
13 Dec The speed of rust
Consider this a poetic intervention....
01 Aug Interesting people
There are lots of smart, interesting people out there...
18 Jul North Beach nostalgia
When I was teenager, a guy on the 61 Sooke bus gave me a copy of Jack Kerouac’s Desolation Angels....
22 Apr Odd love
I meant to post this back in early April to celebrate poetry month, but the best laid plans of mice and men and all that...
16 Feb Cheating on my paperbacks
Dear readers, I have a confession to make: I bought an e-reader....
17 Jan Books are the best
Type Books - an awesome Toronto bookstore - features in this neat-o video that's gone viral over the past week...
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