I’m slowly working my way through Raban’s Passage to Juneau, a travel narrative about a sailing voyage from Seattle through the Inside Passage to Alaska. Early in the book, he reveals the role that his boat played before the trip: Though I lived in a house overlooking the canal, and could see from the upstairs [...]
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Jonathan Raban’s Writing Retreat
Posted in Tangents, tagged Jonathan Raban, Passage to Juneau, Writing on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
More on David Foster Wallace: Links
Posted in Tangents, tagged David Foster Wallace, Writing on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s funny: I went years without hearing about DFW, and now, in the weeks since I finally started reading his work, I see his name everywhere. Wallace comes up in that Jon Krakauer interview I posted last week (apparently Krakauer tried and failed to read “Infinite Jest” at Everest Base Camp) and in this Financial [...]
Five Years Ago This Week…
Posted in Tangents, tagged Writing on January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
…my first ever travel story was published in The Ottawa Citizen. Time flies, huh?
Reading David Foster Wallace
Posted in Tangents, tagged Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace, Writing on January 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Over the course of a few weeks last year, from mid-November to late December, I read my way through David Foster Wallace’s second essay collection, Consider the Lobster — and I’ve been trying to gather my thoughts and write something coherent about it ever since. Trouble is, I was so overwhelmingly impressed by the book [...]
Introducing Unwired Wednesdays
Posted in Tangents, tagged Internet, Unwired Wednesday on January 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For a few months now — heck, for maybe a year or two — I’ve been feeling a little bit oppressed by my internet connection. Yes, it’s the way I make my living, and yes, it’s a weird and wonderful world in many ways, one that has connected me to a lot of great people. [...]
A Few Good Films
Posted in Tangents, tagged Movies on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I decided to move to Whitehorse last fall, I made a few (just a few) conscious sacrifices — among them, I knew that I was giving up access to a wide selection of movies on the big screen. This may not seem like a big deal in the era of NetFlix and illegal downloads, [...]
Giving Thanks for New York, a Few Weeks Early/Late
Posted in Tangents, tagged New York City, Thanksgiving, Writing on November 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Alright, I know American Thanksgiving is still a couple of weeks away. And of course, my people already had our day of turkey and root vegetables a month back. Still, I’d like to express my gratitude for the time I’ve spent in New York this week – and on all my previous visits, too. I [...]
