Urry’s Grunthal history book delights & disappoints
Oof, I’d better explain that title. Okay look, I went through a bit of an expectation roller coaster with this book (On Stony Ground). When […]
Books and Film
Urry releases Grunthal book; I attend 2 launches in 8 days
A few years ago, Andrew and I were at a conference at the University of Winnipeg. James Urry was speaking via Zoom from his home […]
upon reading ‘the world is mostly sky’
“Confession.” I begin a lot of posts like that. I don’t read much poetry. That will not be a shock. But I shock myself to […]
A Mennonite Writing About Mennonites Writing About Mennonites Writing
If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you’ve probably noticed that the Mennonite literary community has, to use the parlance of our times, been […]
Haunting the Library
Time for another little mostly-poor-images post! On November 23rd, I wandered over to the Steinbach library. Its official name is the Jake Epp Library. Once […]