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Posts tagged ‘Literature’

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: What The Mayor Was Thinking

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford calls it getting ahead of the envelope. Read more

My job interview at the New Yorker for Fiction Editor

Only a few people know this, but over the last 6 weeks I’ve been undergoing a very intensive job interview process with the New Yorker Magazine. Read more

Fran Lebowitz at Massey Hall in Toronto, February 8th

On Friday, in the midst of a big snowstorm here in Toronto, Rachelle and I went down to Massey Hall to see Fran Lebowitz be interviewed by CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi. Read more

Email exchange with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

As many of you know, embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and I were enrolled at Carleton University in Ottawa at the same time. Read more

Michael Murray’s List of New Year’s Resolutions for 2013

Like a lot of people, every year I make a number of New Year’s Resolutions. Read more

Late night conversation with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Rob Ford, Toronto’s embattled Mayor, is a fiscal conservative with small eyes and big hands. Read more

Dining at Ursa on Queen West in Toronto

On Tuesday, Rachelle and I went out to dinner at Ursa, a new restaurant on Queen West in Toronto. Read more

On giving a reading

A few weeks ago I was asked to give a public reading of some of my writing. Read more

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan, sigh. Read more

Letter from Emily Dickinson

To Louise and Frances Norcross, November, 1882 Read more