Mrs. Duszejko’s companions
The Friendship Files #3 (1,200 words, about 6 minutes) Olga Tokarczuk’s unusual and immersive novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones), […]
from The Dept. of Literary Math
How many friends does it take to launch a book? As we enter yet another lockdown (or more like the same one, slightly tweaked, to amplify its most depressing effects), […]
Imaginary Friends: Aislinn Hunter’s ‘invisibles’
The Friendship Files #2 (1,200 words, about 6 minutes) For a time when we were kids, my sister went around with a pair of imaginary friends. Myrna and Fritsa (my […]
‘The Last Goldfish’ on Pickle Me This; ‘The Friendship Files’; and other news—
The Last Goldfish: A True Tale of Friendship available from Biblioasis April 2020. A memoir of youth, friendship and the impermanence of life.