Lists
–By J.S. Porter (for Cheryl, who insisted on my seeing the Hemingway museum outside of Havana and the studio of Cézanne in
Everything in Retrospect
The Joy of Writing Blurbs
Even when I convince fingers to strike letters, doubts about the text’s worth or its longevity nag at me.
Stan Dragland: Bricoleur, Meanderthal, Newfoundlander, Canadian (1942-2022)
I didn’t know at the time how privileged I was to carry on a two-year correspondence with a Newfoundland and Canadian luminary,
John Robert Colombo: The Great Encourager
(A dedication to Clare Warwick 1930- 2019 – teacher, journalist, friend)
Portrait of a Potter – Frances Ward (plus Brancusi, a Japanese word & the Book of Jeremiah)
The Japanese technique of Raku is Frances Ward’s favourite way of dealing with clay, cracks, and all.
My Top Ten Canadian MoviesThe saddest story ever
"I guess I have this instinct of who cares about our family… but I think it is interesting to look at this
A Man in a Boat: Conrad Furey & Others
Living away [from Newfoundland] means I can focus on the memories more easily, there's less distraction. The years I spent growing up
Private Identities
James Joyce’s fictional character Stephen Dedalus forges his identity in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by writing it.
Robert Lax
He cares for words, and remembers his friends “like a sacred duty.”
Reading as a Way of Life
I read, therefore, I am. I read in the doctor’s office, on the bus, in the bathroom.
On the 16 Occasions When I’ve felt like a Real Writer
I’m standing in front of a stone church, dark and light limestone, smooth and ridged. I have my mother’s hand-knit Aran sweater
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