History in Play
The Richard III Society of Canada agitates for a maligned king
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Up, Up, and Away
Artists who want to make it go to Europe or the States. The others head north to Dawson City
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My Life as a Canadian Writer
If you heard that segment of Canada Reads / where a guy recommends the novel version / of Tom Cruise’s Top Gun, that was me
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Meditation at 7,500 RPM
The peculiar Zen of race car driving
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My Canadian Novel
The Newfoundland orphange playground and asleep in the stiff nunnery’s bed, the train was stalled at Portage and Main— “Just around then my marriage fell apart.” The pea garden was …
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The Kit Bag
In later years, he’d recall a lurid halo in the sky as the setting sun suffused the clouds and looming trees with lavender. His dog barked briefly to announce a …
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Waiting for God
It didn’t rain that day, and the sky was blue, the snow was scarce, and the people were all wrapped in flags and hats that shone with colours. After the …
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Say the Names (after Al Purdy)
American whiskey bar (no logo), Sudbury, Saturday night, August 32nd On Earth (Shampoo Planet), The Gutenberg Galaxy American woman, swamp angel, friend of my youth, “Raise a little hell, shake …
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