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Helen Weinzweig: From Pain to Prose
In this second installment of a three-part blog series on Helen Weinzweig, Rhoda Rabinowitz Green writes about traumatic experiences of Helen's childhood, her growing awareness of thwarted self-fullfilment and her search for identity, and how they are revealed in her...
What would Helen Say?
Rhoda Rabinowitz Green, author of Aspects of Nature, writes about the legacy of Governor General’s Award Winning author Helen Weinzweig, the writing process, intellectual curiosity, aging, and finding one's hochma (wisdom). If I tell you, how will you know? The above...
Perhaps Women Should Take Over! (March 8th, 2016)
Nasreen Pejvack, author of "Amity" on the sham of war, women's roles in the world, and a new agenda for peace.“Woman, who dares to avow her horror of war, her pity for the victims, for all victims.” (A passage from Marcelle Capy; 1916) A hundred...
Come Into Animal Presence: Grieving the Loss of Our Animal Companions
Susan McCaslin, author of "Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga" writes about human-animal relationships, spiritual companions, love, and reflection on loss. “What is this Joy? That no animal falters, but knows what it must do?” - from “Come into animal presence,”...
The Holy Mango
Zoë S. Roy, author of Calls Across the Pacific, reflects on Mao Zedong, "VIP fruit", and the power of fiction. One day when I walked past Spadina Avenue in Toronto, piled mangos in yellow and orange on a fruit stand caught my eye. A memory of a sacred mango from...
Writing Effective Dialogue
Ann Birch, author of The Secret Life of Roberta Greaves, writes about some basic tips for writing dialogue that she's learned over the years from workshops with major Canadian writers.These are basic tips for writing dialogue that I've learned over the years from...