Jul 20Member-onlyNew Novel Coming Out But Not For A WhileIt’s true. I have a new book coming, next year, in the fall, so announcing this now feels silly but I’m going to announce it, if I haven’t already. It’s possible I did. If so, I’m sorry. The book is called The Reeds. It will come out in the fall…2 min read2 min read
Apr 3Member-onlyNine Years Ago TodayI launched my last novel… At Montreal’s venerable Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, which just happens to be my neighborhood bookstore (lucky me — it’s truly a great place, one of this city’s treasures). I remember there was a lot of beer. My publishers indulged me. So much beer that there…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyThe Liminal YearThis was a year. There is not much more to say about it. Things happened but they always do. This was a year as liminal space between dumb and stupid. Dumb things happened. I kept saying “everything is stupid” and I was never proven wrong, perhaps proof of what I…20226 min read20226 min read
Aug 27, 2022Member-onlyThe Dance(s) of Modern LifeRemember the promise of jet packs? I’m not sure whether all the dancing on social media is because the world is in bad shape or the world is in bad shape because, but not exclusively because, of all the dancing on social media. We live in a world where a…Memes3 min readMemes3 min read
Aug 26, 2022Member-onlyWritingI have a book coming out. Probably in spring 2024. I can’t say much more about it until the publisher announces the thing but there you have it. I excerpted some of the early chapters here, long ago (like, a long long long time ago and, given all that has…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Dec 21, 2021Member-only2021, Part 2More dumb and less dumb 2021 both happened and didn’t happen. I mean it did, of course it did, I’m not delusional. I’m not a denier of time. And we know there are some people who do deny time, or its passage. The end is never good because the end…20212 min read20212 min read
Dec 16, 2021Member-only2021Was a year that happened The plague has rendered time moot; we live in an age of timelessness and timefullness, one where the passage of time is both felt and not felt, where we are unaware of its passage and completely aware of how it diminishes us. In 2021 I…20213 min read20213 min read
Nov 8, 2021Member-onlyNo One is Happy With Medium……is a thing people who write on Medium write about on Medium I’m not happy with a lot of things. I’m not going to list them but suffice to say the state of Medium isn’t in the top, oh, 100 things I’m not happy with. Don’t flatter yourself, Medium writer. …Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
Sep 17, 2021Member-onlyI Thought You Were Constipated(a country song) I didn’t know you left me I thought you were in the bathroom You’ve been constipated lately Spending your time in the bathroom. I didn’t think you’d ever leave me. Maybe you weren’t suffering Or suffering another kind of suffering Maybe you were plotting Spending your time in the bathroom…Humour2 min readHumour2 min read