Life Sentences
Bryan Demchinsky, David Goldbloom, Jim Withers, Barbara Black, Joe Neuhaus, Cynthia Davis, mark abley, Emira TufoPersonal Essays
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How Novel: A Henhouse for Books
World’s smallest bookstore: it’s bigger than it looks. (Jim Withers photo)
I’m a paperback rider.
On trains, planes, buses and subway cars, books are as vital to me as a supply of air is to deep-sea divers. I’m of the generation that cons...
Music That Never Ages
Usually the What I’m Reading feature on Life Sentences offers reviews of new or recently published books. But occasionally we will go back to books worth a second look.
The Cello Suites
J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroqu...
The Homecoming Dance
“That cross—it’s like a figure with open arms. V’nez avec moi.” (BD photo)
Today a new voice joins Life Sentences. Emira Tufo is a Montreal writer who left Bosnia in the 1990s and is currently writing a book about her experience of the sie...
The Spectrum Has Many Hues
Daniel Tammet (striped shirt) having his picture taken at this year’s Blue Met literary festival. The photographer is Tammet’s husband, Jérôme Tabet. (Jim Withers photo)
Wayne paused and stared at me as though I’d just teleported in from S...
Break Down the Wall
In front of the Lviv opera house in 2001. Everyone was out to make a buck. (BD photo).
Sometimes a story needs to be told a few times before it finds its moral. Here’s what I’m talking about:
In 2001, my brother Sterling and I were in Ukr...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Former Montreal Gazette editor. Still writing, still editing.
I'm a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto who has retired from clinical practice and academic hospital life - so now I have more time to write.
Jim Withers is a diarist and former newspaperman.
Barbara Black Is a writer, broadcaster and museum docent in Dorval, Quebec.
A software architect with over thirty years of experience in business-to-business systems, machine learning, and technical management.
Cynthia Davis is a retired art therapist who finds meaning in creative expression in diverse media including painting, film, ceramics and writing.
Mark Abley is a longtime Montrealer now living in Gananoque, Ontario. His book "Numb: The Politics of Overwhelm" will be launched on Thurs., May 28, at Pulp Books in Verdun.
Emira Tufo is a Bosnian Canadian writer based in Montreal. Her work has been featured in literary journals, national newspapers, and on CBC. She is currently working on a memoir about the siege of Sarajevo.
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