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Book Notes: Black Bear

Book Notes: Black Bear

|Erin Steele
While reading Black Bear by Trina Moyles, my wanderings of the hills and trails near my home took on a new quality. I found myself suddenly noting which trees might make...
Book Notes: Annihilation for Beginners

Book Notes: Annihilation for Beginners

|Erin Steele
Annihilation for Beginners by Charlie J. Stephens is a page-turner, mesmerizing for both its weirdness and sensitivity. The short-story collection traverses a contemporary Oregon landscape, hitchhiking alongside surprising, messy, imperfect, real...
A brief meditation on being a (human) writer

A brief meditation on being a (human) writer

|Erin Steele
I look up at the sky as I'm nearing the end of a 30-minute run around my neighbourhood. It's winter, and the weather has taken a sharper turn toward cold,...
As AI takes *some* writing jobs, talent rises

As AI takes *some* writing jobs, talent rises

|Erin Steele
First, the brutal truth (in case the headline didn't make you wince): AI will take some writing jobs. To be clear, I'm not talking about literature, but copy and content. It simply...
7 annoying things people are saying about the em dash

7 annoying things people are saying about the em dash

|Erin Steele
Just to get the blood a' boiling and the eyes a' rolling: “Blatant red flag”  - guy on YouTube wagging his finger at us “Virtually no one casually uses the...
...What even is this?

...What even is this?

|Erin Steele
I’ve never exactly been one for labels. Although I can hang under the umbrella of a few, I’ve always preferred to stretch my face toward the aliveness of rain. There...
Book Notes: Tell Me Everything

Book Notes: Tell Me Everything

|Erin Steele
Sometimes an author manages to actually fingerprint life onto the pages of a book, and such is the case in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything.Human, human, human—that's what this book...