Last week, as I was writing about the many ways Métis women of 19th Century Red River were abused, dismissed, and denigrated, the CanLit world blew up. Social media in Canada became a minefield of blame, high dudgeon, hurt feelings, belligerence, and bitterness. And right on cue, Margaret Wente piped up—women, again, are throwing themselves […]
Lorri Neilsen Glenn
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Word On The Street books it
Literary extravaganza Word On The Street is back on the water (or, near it anyway) this Sunday, September 23 (11am-5pm, on the wharves behind the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic). Featuring a “literary theme park” with a marketplace showing off the wares of publishers and booksellers, readings, workshops and more authors than you can shake […]
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Poetry collection launch: Lost Gospels
“A poem comes when it damn well feels like it,” says poet Lorri Neilsen Glenn, explaining how her work is born. “The muse shows up when she’s ready, so it’s not a matter of sitting there waiting for a bolt from the blue—it’s kind of a slow awakening, really, rather than a bolt.” In the […]