The Writer's Block

On Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

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The Writer's Block

On Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

Souvankham Thammavongsa

Books as Gifts

Dennis Lee speaks about what he is most open to, driven by and hungers for

The Writing Life

A Page of Anne Carson

Break Every Rule

Literary Tattoos

David Zieroth & The Alfred Gustav Press

The Joy of Writing Blurbs

Stan Dragland: Bricoleur, Meanderthal, Newfoundlander, Canadian (1942-2022)

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