Books of the Year
As 2014 draws to a close, we asked some of our CNQ editors and contributors…
Monthly Archives: December, 2014
Michael Crummey’s Galore
by Jesse Jacobs
From CNQ 91, The Nostalgia Issue (Fall/Winter 2014)
Jason Guriel’s The Pigheaded Soul: Essays and Reviews on Poetry and Culture
by Bruce Whiteman
In his introduction to a selection of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, T.S. Eliot once…
Two Poems
by Meaghan Strimas
White Rabbit, or Goods and Services Not a live one. Not a thing that sniffs…
Writing in the margins
Laura Miller has an interesting piece in Salon about the joy of writing in books:…
Interview with Michael Harris
C: Let’s say Martians visit Earth and dig up a complete series of your run…
Happy birthday, Jane
Yes, Jane Austen was born on this day in 1775. At the CBC you can…
Someone’s watching you not read
There are problems with the methodology, but ebook maker Kobo says they can roughly determine…
Eleven Cars, One Motorcycle
by Leanne Shapton and Derek Shapton
Until my brother and I were well into our thirties, our father collected vintage cars and motorcycles. He loved their design, the satisfaction of repairing and restoring them, and the social atmosphere of the car shows and swap meets.
Napoleon’s Hat: Or, The Nostalgist’s Progress
by Stephen Fowler
It’s not the same as memory. Memory is a record of actual experience: things you did, places you visited, feelings you felt. This is something more subtle and uncanny.