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

–By J.S. Porter for John Robert Colombo “ATWOOD, MARGARETMargaret Atwood, like the CN Tower, is a free-standing structure, and needs no patronizing

December 1, 2025

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Shawna Lemay’s Asking

She moves for the most part in sentences, but sentences concentrated and distilled—“music at the heart of thinking” in Fred Wah’s arresting

April 1, 2019

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Dancing with Thomas Merton

Is there a part of me that wanted to be a monk? Maybe.

November 2, 2018

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Discovering a New Writer – Roberto Bolaño

"He wrote, read, and watched television. That was essentially all he did." – Bolaño’s Spanish publisher, Jorge Herralde.

June 11, 2018

Poetry·The Writer's Block

Emily Dickinson at War

If Walt Whitman is the father of American poetry, then Emily Dickinson is surely its mother. The influence of both is incalculable...

November 1, 2017

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Glenn Gould as a model of how to get your work done

…the fabulous terror of not knowing before/one begins. Again. Kate Braid, The Goldberg Variations (19891), in A Well-Mannered Storm Start something big

October 8, 2017

Commentary·The Writer's Block

An Education in Education – A Comparison of Systems Between Canada and the U.S.

Despite the problems facing public education, it carries on.

May 2, 2014

Commentary·The Writer's Block

For Conventions and Short-Term Gain, “Cleveland Rocks!”

...it’s not about politics... it’s about showing off the region’s best qualities blah, blah, blah. What it’s really about is a short-term

March 20, 2014

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The Dis-“Union” of College and Football

...This begs the question: why are sports more important than education in America?

February 6, 2014

Commentary·The Writer's Block

2014 Olympics: Road to Sochi… and Beyond?

Despite the problems facing public education, it carries on.

January 22, 2014

Commentary·The Writer's Block

Canada’s New Age?

I was confused by the paper work... you were a reporter once...

November 13, 2013

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The Writer's Block - Page 3

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

Shawna Lemay’s Asking

Dancing with Thomas Merton

Discovering a New Writer – Roberto Bolaño

Emily Dickinson at War

Glenn Gould as a model of how to get your work done

An Education in Education – A Comparison of Systems Between Canada and the U.S.

For Conventions and Short-Term Gain, “Cleveland Rocks!”

The Dis-“Union” of College and Football

2014 Olympics: Road to Sochi… and Beyond?

Canada’s New Age?

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