Tag: nick-cave
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World Poetry Day 2026: Lowther, Atwood, Carson and Classical Mythology
I read Erin Shields‘s Ransacking Troy in one great gulp this morning, and it’s a bracing way to start the day. As in her previous work, Shields’s play is reconsidering familiar stories from a feminist perspective in order to recuperate what has been lost or silenced. Her efforts extend from Greek mythology to the present,…
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Mercy and Misery
Because I have little to no Latin, my guesses about the meaning of words are rarely correct and sometimes risible. A friend gave me a gorgeous just-because gift this week of Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day, by the wonderfully named Clemency Burton-Hill. Each day features a selection, and today’s is…
The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction 