Guest post by Elizabeth Mason From an early age I was intrigued by the story my grandmother told me about...
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“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener
On Memory: Study Finds Our Memories Can Be Reactivated During Sleep
May 1, 2013
From "Reactivating Memories During Sleep: Memory Rehearsal During Sleep Can Make a Big Difference in Remembering Later" (Science...
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“C” Fundamental (a process): guest post on writing by Carin Makuz
April 23, 2013
For years I begged my parents for ballet lessons or maybe tap or please please please could I join the...
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Molly Peacock’s biography/memoir “The Paper Garden”: review by Mary E. McIntyre
April 4, 2013
"But art is poultice for a burn. It is a privilege to have, somewhere within you, a capacity for...
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Successful National Contest for Emerging Poets Returns for Second Year on April 1, for National Poetry Month
April 1, 2013
"Poetry," said English poet Thomas Gray, "is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." It's time again to take...
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Journals, Memories, and Tulips: guest post by Mary Catalfo
March 26, 2013
I have put them, standing upright, in a box adorned with images of tulips, my favourite flower, and I've...
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This Story Is Full of Holes, an essay by Kyo Maclear
March 19, 2013
"Those craters, which introduced me to the pain of life, which taught me about the un-solidness of ground,...
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“Living in That Moment”: Interview with Grenada-based novelist Oonya Kempadoo
March 11, 2013
OONYA KEMPADOO will be guest author for my Spice Isle Writing & Yoga Retreat, coming up April 7 to 14, 2013,...
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Seven Treasures, part 20: guest post by Hyacinthe Miller
March 6, 2013
A lifelong writer, HYACINTHE MILLER is editing drafts of her non-fiction book (Police Officer: Journeys from Recruit to Chief), two novels,...
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Quotes on Memory & Memoir: first memory (Rudy Wiebe)
February 27, 2013
From Rudy Wiebe's memoir Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest (Knopf Canada, 2006; Vintage Canada, 2007):...
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Quotes on Memory & Memoir: first-person narrative as cultural backtalk (Richard Hoffman)
February 20, 2013
Excerpt from "Backtalk: Notes Toward an Essay on Memoir," by Richard Hoffman. Read this thought-provoking essay in its entirety here....
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“Finding Granny”: the journey and the book — guest post by Freda Coulter
February 11, 2013
When Freda Coulter participated in one of my memoir writing workshop series for North York Central Library's Canadiana Department, I...
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