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    Tag: Canada

    It has a fascination of its own, that bend

    Dear Lucy, At first, I felt skeptical about your novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). Anne seemed too chatty, too imaginative, too eager to please – too good…… Read more “It has a fascination of its own, that bend”

    31 de July de 20172 de August de 2017 by juliana

    Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942) was a Canadian writer. She attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, and obtained a teacher’s license.  Lucy worked as a teacher in various…… Read more “Lucy Maud Montgomery”

    31 de July de 201731 de July de 2017 by juliana

    herself held underwater by her hair, snared around auburn-rusted anchor chains

    Dear Margaret, As I was reading your novel The Fire-Dwellers (1969), I had the feeling of having been caught in the middle of a conflagration, a large…… Read more “herself held underwater by her hair, snared around auburn-rusted anchor chains”

    27 de July de 201727 de July de 2017 by juliana

    Margaret Laurence

    Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss, 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian writer. She attended Winnipeg’s United College,  where she took courses in English, History, Ethics, and Psychology, and…… Read more “Margaret Laurence”

    27 de July de 201727 de July de 2017 by juliana

    That loud music of the wild geese

    Dear Ethel, Your novella Hetty Dorval (1947), about a childhood affection that gradually turns into a confrontation of good and evil, had a puzzling effect on me.…… Read more “That loud music of the wild geese”

    29 de June de 2017 by juliana

    Ethel Wilson

    Ethel Davis Wilson (née Bryant. January 20, 1888 – December 22, 1980) was a Canadian writer. Born in South Africa, she moved to England in 1890 after the death…… Read more “Ethel Wilson”

    29 de June de 201729 de June de 2017 by juliana

    This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine

    Dear Margaret, You ingeniously managed to fulfill the task of writing a contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest – and, most importantly, you did it precisely by…… Read more “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine”

    21 de October de 201621 de October de 2016 by juliana

    Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Eleanor Atwood (November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. In 1957, Atwood began studying at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. There, she published poems and articles…… Read more “Margaret Atwood”

    21 de October de 201621 de October de 2016 by juliana

    The words we speak leave small bruises on the skin,

    Dear Hiromi, Your book draws a lot on inter-generational conflict and cultural assimilation. Chorus of Mushrooms centers around  the lives of three generations of women in a Japanese…… Read more “The words we speak leave small bruises on the skin,”

    9 de July de 201510 de August de 2016 by juliana

    Hiromi Goto

    Hiromi Goto (1966, Chiba-ken, Japan) is a Japanese-Canadian editor, writer, essayist, and teacher of creative writing. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1969. Goto earned her B.A. in English… Read more "Hiromi Goto"

    8 de July de 201521 de July de 2016 by juliana

    How tame they were, living in the same wind, night, and wilderness in wich she hunted and was hunted

    Dear Kathleen, Your first novel, Annabel (2010), set in Croydon Harbour, a fictional village located in the remote Labrador region, on the east coast of Canada, follows…… Read more “How tame they were, living in the same wind, night, and wilderness in wich she hunted and was hunted”

    14 de March de 201525 de July de 2016 by juliana

    Kathleen Winter

    Kathleen Winter (1960) is an English-Canadian writer. Born in England and raised in Canada, Winter worked as script writer for Sesame Street, and later became a columnist…… Read more “Kathleen Winter”

    13 de March de 201525 de July de 2016 by juliana

    The thing that was your bright treasure

    Dear Alice, In each of the stories collected in your book Runaway (2004), the characters find themselves, in one way or another, confronted either with the desire…… Read more “The thing that was your bright treasure”

    19 de September de 201423 de November de 2016 by juliana

    Alice Munro

    Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw, 10 July 1931) is a Canadian writer. When Alice was 10 years old, her mother was diagnosed as having an unusual type of…… Read more “Alice Munro”

    19 de September de 201423 de November de 2016 by juliana

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