circus tricks, emotional and physical
Saw The Squid and the Whale last night. A scathing indictment of relationships among the intellectual classes. It was dry, wry, unsettling and pretty darn funny. The characters are dreadful people, but beautifully drawn and beautifully acted. Loved the youngest son of the shattered family–he’s pure walking id. Jeff Daniels as a self-absorbed writer/professor on…
front window
Yay! I woke up this morning with an idea for a new novel, and wrote about five pages of it. Of course, you don’t know if you actually have something until you’ve got at least fifty, but it feels good today. I’m really looking forward to my residency at SFU next year, when I’ll have…
switch and shift
Switch and Shift, a new anthology of Canadian poets, edited by Derek Beaulieu, Jason Christie and Angela Rawlings will be out soon. I feel very honoured to be included. Launches: VANCOUVER: Saturday, November 26, 8pm, at The Helen Pitt Gallery (102-148 Alexander St.). TORONTO: Tuesday, November 29, 7pm, at Supermarket (on Augusta Ave. in Kensington…
switching gears
The final details for the Taiwan tour arrived today, courtesy of Sumeeta Chandravarkar, our wonder-organizer at the Canadian Trade of Office in Taipei. I’ll be travelling with six amazing Canadian authors– Hiromi Goto, Rita Wong, Glen Lowry, Roy Miki, Wayde Compton and Fred Wah. We’ll visit nine Taiwanese universities in a week. After that, Roy…