Annabel Lyon's "The Golden Mean"
Posted on March 15, 2011
Annabel Lyon will be reading from book The Golden Mean at the UNB Reading Series on Tuesday March 22, at 8 pm in the
Current Issue: No. 301
Aurian Haller's "Song of the Taxidermist"
Posted on March 9, 2011
Aurian Haller, an award-winning author and songwriter, will be reading from his new collection Song of the Taxidermist at the UNB Reading Series on Monday March 14, at 8 pm in the Alumni Memorial Lounge.
In Praise of Memorization
Posted on February 24, 2011
By Madeline Bassnett
I’ve been thinking lately about Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” It fits the current Fredericton landscape perfectly: the snow lies two feet thick on the ground and I have to strap on snowshoes just to feed the backyard birds. But I think about this poem for another reason too: it’s an old friend, the first poem I fully memorized.
Revision
Posted on February 14, 2011
By Madeline Bassnett
My life is all about revision — and that’s not just a metaphorical statement. It seems I’ve ceased writing anything new: my only task is to complete and repair the old. As if I’ve suddenly entered the field of furniture restoration, sanding the scratches, oiling the bumps, replacing worn nails — a deceptively satisfying comparison. As if revision were simply a matter of priming and primping, of returning to some earlier and idealised state.
Richard Cumyn's "The Young in their Country and Other Stories"
Posted on February 8, 2011
Richard Cumyn’s most recent fiction collection, The Young in their Country and Other Stories, contains two stories that were first published in The Fiddlehead: “In the Wash” (no. 232 summer 2007) and “The Goddess Throws Down” (no. 240 summer 2009)
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