{"id":186,"date":"2015-09-22T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/english\/?p=186"},"modified":"2015-09-22T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T20:51:10","slug":"what-we-did-this-summer-exactly-what-youd-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/english\/2015\/09\/22\/what-we-did-this-summer-exactly-what-youd-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Did This Summer: Exactly What You’d Expect!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFV Creative Writing faculty were busy doing their writerly work all summer\u2014that is, reading and writing. Surprise!<\/p>\n

But what we lack in unexpectedness we make up for in productivity. There was a lot going on . . .<\/p>\n

John Carroll<\/strong> reports that he continued to work on his novel(s). Immersed in the lifelong learning process, he \u201clearned how to write . . . by writing!\u201d The summer was full of creative ups and downs; he alternately \u201chated my writing, loved my writing, hated my writing, loved my writing . . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

Rajnish Dhawan<\/strong> came face to face with his demons and admitted, for once and for all, that he\u2019s a champion procrastinator. By swearing off several vices for the summer he was able to focus on multiple writing projects.<\/p>\n

The most urgent of these has been completing his play Full House<\/em>, which focuses on terrorism. There was no wiggle room with this one: he\u2019s workshopping it at The Reach<\/a> on September 30th!<\/p>\n

Speaking of hard deadlines, Michelle Superle<\/strong> was motivated by her impending arrival from the stork to finish\u2014after five years\u2014her literary fiction novel, Oh, Little Orchard Town<\/em>. What a relief! In between completing the final research (including a research trip to Kelowna) and revisions, she also worked on drafting a new children\u2019s novel, Ostenla Moon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Madeleine<\/a><\/p>\n

When she dragged herself away from the desk to the sunny porch with its view over the Chilliwack mountains and valley, she found plenty of time for reading. Summer favourites included I\u2019ll Give You the Sun<\/em> by Jandy Nelson, The Wild Oats Project<\/em> by Robin Rinaldi, Wolf Hall<\/em> by Hilary Mantel, Vanessa and Her Sister<\/em> by Priya Parmar, Operating Instructions<\/em> by Anne Lamott, and The Penderwicks<\/em> by Jeanne Birdsall\u2014as eclectic a list as always!<\/p>\n

Carl Peters<\/strong> put the finishing touches on his new book out this Fall from Talonbooks<\/a>: Studies in Description: Reading Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons<\/em><\/a>. Talonbooks is so impressed that they\u2019ve already accepted his next book project on T.S. Eliot.<\/p>\n

\"English<\/a><\/p>\n

Trevor Carolan<\/strong> returned from leave and continued working on his sabbatical project, a film called Power Ground<\/em>. He also put the finishing touches on his forthcoming book to be released this Fall from Mother Tongue<\/a>: The Lit Storefront<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"English<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea MacPherson<\/strong> did it all. She was a participant in The Afterword Reading Society<\/a> (National Post) for Close to Hugh<\/a><\/em> by Marina Endicott. She reviewed several books for Canadian Literature<\/a>: How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun<\/em>? by Doretta Lau, The Mountain Story<\/em> by Lori Lansens, and Between<\/em> by Angie Abdou. She took a research trip to Kelowna and Kamloops, visiting the Westbank First Nation reserve, and Kamloops Indian Band reserve, for material for a work-in-progess\u2014a collection of poems exploring the residential school system. And, finally, she started work on a new novel-in-progress, exploring the early 1980’s in BC.<\/p>\n

Somehow, she also found time to read! Check out Andrea\u2019s Summer 2015 Reading List<\/strong> for inspiration\u2014we always find something new and exciting in her recommendations . . .<\/p>\n

Migratory Animals<\/em> by Mary Helen Specht
\nVanessa and Her Sister<\/em> by Priya Parmar
\nAll My Puny Sorrows<\/em> by Miriam Toews
\nThe Wrong Cat<\/em> by Lorna Crozier
\nClose to Hugh<\/em> by Marina Endicott
\nThe Children’s Crusade<\/em> by Ann Packer
\nA Reunion of Ghosts<\/em> by Judith Claire Mitchell
\nThe Turner House<\/em> by Angela Flournoy
\nBetween<\/em> by Angie Abdou
\nHow Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?<\/em> by Doretta Lau
\nThe Green Road<\/em> by Anne Enright
\nThe Mountain Story<\/em> by Lori Lansens
\nI see my love more clearly from a distance<\/em> by Nora Gould
\nBarnacle Love<\/em> by Anthony De Sa
\nThe Miracle Girl<\/em> by Andrew Roe
\nDiamond Head<\/em> by Cecily Wong
\nThe Shore<\/em> by Sara Taylor
\nThe Monsters of Templeton<\/em> by Lauren Groff
\nMonoceros<\/em> by Suzette Mayr
\nTempting Faith<\/em> DiNapoli<\/em> by Lisa Gabriele
\nSummerlong<\/em> by Dean Bakopoulos
\nAs Good as Dead<\/em> by Elizabeth Evans
\nThe Mother Who Stayed<\/em> by Laura Furman
\nYou Know When the Men Are Gone<\/em> by Siobhan Fallon
\nOrphan Train<\/em> by Christina Baker Kline
\nAmong the Ten Thousand Things<\/em> by Julia Pierpont
\nHow You Were Born<\/em> by Kate Cayley
\nNine Inches<\/em> by Tom Perrotta
\nThe Daughters<\/em> by Adrienne Celt
\nVilla America<\/em> by Liza Klaussmann
\nHis Whole Life<\/em> by Elizabeth Hay
\nOh My Darling<\/em> by Shaena Lambert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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