From Sally Rooney to Raven Leilani, female novelists have captured the literary zeitgeist. But is this cultural shift something to celebrate or rectify?
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One of my neighbors has a
front yard in the same condition. Passing by as I walked my dog, I saw the lady of the house doing gardening work among the blooms. I greeted her with: A host, of golden daffodils!
She called my hand and raised: Beside the lake, beneath the trees … We finished the stanza in unison. Bless my literate neighbors.
Is Daffodils the best-known poem in our language? I d be happy to think so: it s a gem of a poem.
Thirty years ago the British radio station Classic FM asked listeners to name their favorite poems. They ranked the top hundred poems named, then published a set of cassette tapes (remember cassette tapes?) of actors reading them. Daffodils was number one, read by actress Sandra Duncan.
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Giller Prize finalist Patrick deWitt, nominated for his book French Exit stops on the red carpet at the Scotiabank Giller Bank Prize gala in Toronto on November 19, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young April 06, 2021 - 12:12 PM
TORONTO - Patrick deWitt has tackled many industries â literature, film and construction among them.
Now, the acclaimed Vancouver Island-born author and screenwriter is looking to further expand his eclectic resume, which includes everything frompainting film sets to winning major literary awards.
As he promotes the new film adaptation of his 2018 novel French Exit, deWitt says he s trying to adapt one of his books into a TV series. He doesn t want to reveal which book yet.
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