Author Holly Luhning Reading at UNB Fredericton
Posted on January 9, 2012
Holly Luhning will be reading from her new novel, Quiver, published by HarperCollins Canada, on Monday, January 16th at 8 pm in the Alumni Memorial Lounge at UNB.
Radio Fiddlehead No. 3: Interview with Sue Sinclair
Posted on December 12, 2011
Fiddlehead Editorial Assistant Kayla Geitzler had the opportunity to sit down with accomplished Canadian poet and current University of New Brunswick writer-in-residence Sue Sinclair in November 2011 and discussed some of the most intriguing and complex elements of her work.
Reading Forugh Farrokhzad in December
Posted on December 8, 2011
By Kayla Geitzler
As the weather grows colder and academic deadlines collide with the hectic holiday season, the urge to procrastinate mounts. At some point I eventually give in and spend a few of these long, gray afternoons with the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad. Her intricate manoeuvring of abstraction, visceral imagery and dense metaphor remind me why, like her, “I respect poetry in the very same way religious people respect religion” (Collected Works).
Grumpy Old Men (On Richler and Sendak)
Posted on November 24, 2011
By Sarah Bernstein
At my Jewish high school in Montreal, Mordecai Richler, of course, was a bit of a hero. Whether or not he liked it, and even though he relentlessly lampooned the Jewish community, he was still one of ours. February at our school was public speaking month. So, every February, the teachers compiled and distributed a list of quotations to all of us groaning, gawky teenagers — possible speech topics from which we were to choose. . . .
Well said! Literary magazines often pay more atte...
Posted on November 22, 2011
Well said! Literary magazines often pay more attention to quality of writing and encouragement of emerging talent.
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