Victoria Day, Victoria BC, and Slugs
Lovely rainy longweekend spent exploring beaches along Victoria. Many, many, slugs found.
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Malahat Review May 15th Reading
Malahat Issue 178 (and my short story “Apiculture”) is out and in the mailbox! I hope you enjoy–I had great fun reading at the Malahat Review/This Side of West launch last Tuesday. Will Johnson interviewed me about this piece, as…
Weird Bloom
This bloomed in my house yesterday. It grows on a vine that looks similar to a lipstick plant (thick juicy leaves though a little bigger) and I have no idea what it is. Two blooms like this in a hanging…
Friday 13th Reading/Poem Time
Tonight I’m reading for an Art Dean’s conference hosted by the University of Victoria. I’ll be promoting The Malahat Review by reading from “Apiculture” This story grew from a poem I wrote, though looking at the poem now it seems…
Out of the House/Victoria in Early April
Beautiful day on the west coast.
Enough Said
Translation: BC student loan paid in full.
Flowers, Throw up
I had my first studio throw-up last week with a student. As a long-time bad-with-motion traveller, I’m pretty impervious to vomit; none got on the piano so it really wasn’t a problem. This week the student was excited to bring…
Harpischord, Chair, Sheila Heti
Being done classes has meant that I have a little more time again, and though I’m looking forward to returning to work on a MFA in the fall, it’s been nice to have the morning free before slogging it out…
A Few Books
I recently read “The Flame Alphabet” by Ben Marcus. The book looks great, the title is good, and the premise (the language of children has become toxic) got me on a bus in search of it. Additionally, it has Big…
Interview and Novella
A couple days ago Will Johnson emailed and asked if he/PRISM could interview me about my Malahat win and a few of my stories. Will is a UBA Writing MFA student, and went through UVic the same time as me,…