Here’s the wonderful obituary by Mireille Eagan, published in The Globe and Mail:
PAINTER CAPTURED THE RUGGED NATURE OF HIS BELOVED NEWFOUNDLAND
Driving to Venus: A Long and Winding Road
(Images: After the Cold War, Driving to Venus – A Long and Winding Road, courtesy Emma Butler Gallery)
Join us on The Signal next Friday (June 14, noon in Newfoundland, 12:30 in Labrador) where we’ll be discussing the upcoming theme. Image: Sortie de l’opera en l’an 2000, by…
You can find such surprising and funny things while digging through archives. The Pilote de Terre-Neuve, published in 1869, is full of dollhouse-like illustrations of Newfoundland’s coastline, complete with tiny ships and houses. I also came across a sea captain’s letter to his daughter, in which he describes “seven little gulls recently hatched” that he is attempting to raise.
You write both poetry and creative non-fiction. What are the challenges and rewards of each genre? I always tell people that poetry and non-fiction have the same root. For most…