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A book and retrospective exhibit attempt to encompass one of art’s broadest careers Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR ain Baxter&, University of Windsor visual arts professor emeritus and one of Canada’s premier working artists, seems to be getting the recognition he deserves lately. Paired with his ongoing retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Iain Baxter&: Works 1958-2011 attempts to take on the lofty goal of providing a comprehensive biographical and critical book that covers every angle of one of modern art’s most multi-faceted figures. Starting off with the obvious (what that ampersand means), editor David Moos brings together work from...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ave you ever wanted to publish a book, but lack the representation of a publisher and the readership to print thousands of copies? The University of Windsor Bookstore has an alternative. The school recently joined five Canadian universities and over 35 other locations across North America in the self-publishing business by taking the Espresso Book Machine for a test drive. The EBM, which prints and perfectly binds paperback books up to 8.5 inches by 11 inches, can produce books on demand for slightly higher than market value and produce original works on demand for a...
UWindsor resident writing professional Marty Gervais awarded City of Windsor’s new honours Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR Marty Gervais— University of Windsor resident writing professional, independent publisher, columnist and author with more than 40 years of professional experience— has been named Windsor’s first poet laureate. After an application and nomination procedure that began in September, Windsor city council announced the appointment during its Nov. 28 council meeting. The position comes with a $2,500 honorarium in exchange for “strengthening the public’s relationship to literature and contributes to the cultural life of the city.” “It was good news,” Gervais said of the appointment....
GG Award winning The Sisters Brothers subtley alters conventions of Western characterization Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR atrick DeWitt’s The Sisters Brothers has been turning heads since its release, well before it was rightfully honoured with this year’s Governor General’s Award for Fiction. A shockingly funny Western, DeWitt treats the language in his novel with such a careful touch, the reader hardly notices the tropes he utilizes, let alone how adeptly he defies them. The novel follows narrator Eli Sisters and his older brother Charlie, a pair of killers for hire in 1850s west coast America. They pick up one of...
BookFest Windsor presses forward for 10th anniversary Micaela Muldoon LANCE WRITER indsor’s biggest celebration of literature marks its 10th anniversary next week with a host of talented authors and events to attract local book lovers. BookFest Windsor, held at the Art Gallery of Windsor from Nov. 3 to 5, will feature book readings, signings, panel discussions and workshops by over 40 writers, editors and industry professionals from around the country. There’s also a heavy presence from the University of Windsor, including English professor Karl Jirgens, graduate Ava Homa, writer-in-residence Alan Davies and professor emeritus and Order of Canada member Alistair...
Three writers tour Ontario to prove the short story thrives creatively Jouvon M. Evans LANCE WRITER Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR ven with a supportive audience and receptive publisher, writing short fiction in Canada remains a challenge. Writers Laura Boudreau, Rebecca Rosenblum and Cathy Stonehouse, whose books are published by Emeryville-based Bilioasis, recently completed a book tour that started at Phog Lounge in Windsor on Oct. 2. Dubbed “The Bibliolady Tour,” the six- night venture around Ontario was meant to emphasise the creatively exhilarating nature of short story writing and the accomplishments, not only of female writers, but of short-fiction writers...
By Jouvon M. Evans Cornelia Hoogland’s Crow is a poetry collection set in five different sections of Haida Gwaii, B.C. Throughout the book, a single persona partnered with Ted and family, is constantly intersected with the crow, the image representative of the community. That guiding persona is introduced in the poem titled “Writing with a Stick,” which carries the crow not as an image or a pet but as her familiar, distinct personality that teaches and accompanies her art. In “Tar Baby,” Hoogland shows the crow through a series of poems numbered by days and nights. In one of many...