Swirl & Swing: A Writing Blog

“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener

The Best Ideas Always Come from the Act of Writing”: Interview with author and poet Dan Gilmore

June 29, 2011
by Allyson Latta DAN GILMORE has published a novel, A Howl for Mayflower (Imago Press, 2006), and two collections of stories...
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An Inappropriate Interview with Daniel Nester … aka The Memoirist (Part 2)

June 18, 2011
by Allyson Latta Read Part 1 of my interview with Daniel. AL: You are very candid in writing about your...
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An Inappropriate (what else?) Interview with Daniel Nester … aka The Memoirist (Part 1)

June 9, 2011
by Allyson Latta DANIEL NESTER is the author of How to Be Inappropriate, a humorous creative nonfiction collection. Earlier collections,...
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Camilla Gibb on The Penguin Book of Memoir

May 30, 2011
Interview by Allyson Latta   Photo by George Whiteside The Penguin Book of Memoir, published in April 2011, is a stirring and...
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Writing in My Father’s Voice: Honouring His Wartime Experience (Part 2 of 2)

May 28, 2011
Guest Post by Barbara Trendos My idea of writing a mock journal turned out to be not so far beyond...
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Writing in My Father’s Voice: Honouring His Wartime Experience (Part 1 of 2)

May 25, 2011
Guest Post by Barbara Trendos It was one night over thirty years ago when Dad first brought out that plain, beat-up...
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Why Culinary Memoirs Are Worth Reading & Studying: An Interview with Barbara Frey Waxman, PhD (Part 2)

May 5, 2011
Read Part 1 of my interview with Barbara. AL: In what way do you believe food memoirs can inspire? BFW: Food memoirs...
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Why Culinary Memoirs Are Worth Reading & Studying: An Interview with Barbara Frey Waxman, PhD (Part 1)

May 4, 2011
“Food memoirists understand that they are writing about everyone’s strongest basic instincts as they tell their own life stories. Food...
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Award-winning Toronto Storyteller Invited to Argentina

April 25, 2011
Toronto storyteller Heather Whaley can’t wait to board a plane tomorrow for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where, by invitation from Fundación...
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Discover Writing, Discover Costa Rica — January 2012

April 20, 2011
Namaste Gardens Writing & Yoga Retreat Playa Herradura, Costa Rica with guest speaker, award-winning novelist William Deverell January 21 to 30,...
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Christian Cassidy: Breathing Life into Winnipeg History

April 6, 2011
Christian Cassidy is a rare find whose passion is rare finds. I mean, how often do you meet a guy...
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Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope (Book Review)

April 2, 2011
by Julie Townsend Shirin Ebadi studied at Tehran University and later became a judge during the reign of the Shah in...
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