“I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial – what I present to people outwardly – but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you” – Amy Tan After writing about Kurt Vonnegut and his satiric approach to literature yesterday, I spent some…
Tag: literature
Conversations about Sex and Death
Test question: when you’re having a conversation with someone that you don’t really know, what are two subject areas that you’re definitely going to avoid? Hint: they’re both subjects which are completely taboo. They’re also the bookends to our lives as humans, and pivotal to our experiences and understanding of the world. These two topics…
A Poe of a Good Time
I just finished reading a great collection of stories in an anthology put together by the Mystery Writers of America called On a Raven’s Wing. Each of the 20 stories are written in the spirit and form of Edgar Allan Poe, commemorating the 200th anniversary of his birth, but are modern in setting and content…
NaNoWriMo = Powerful Procrastination Potential
For several years now, I have reflected on my childhood with a fair degree of regret; it seems that I’ve lost the youthful spark and creativity which once drove me to daydreaming and jotting quick stories in care-worn old diaries. The hostile world has interjected into my dreams and tangents – and as a result,…
Don’t Believe in Fate – Or, Changing your Vocation
How many times in your life have you thought of something as predetermined, preordained, or destined to happen? Perhaps it was something that happened to you early in life; say that you won prizes once or twice from your school, and you never seemed to step on that dangerous and mythical crack in the sidewalk….
Maria Legault 