In Defense of Owning Too Many Books
One night, years ago, I was so excited over the books I would someday read I
couldn’t sleep. As a child, the happiest moment of my week was driving home from
the
Daniel Melvill Jones
After five years working in the technology sector, Daniel Melvill Jones is completing his undergraduate degree in English at St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Alberta. His great delight is when creati
In the Bedroom and the Failure of Grief
In the Bedroom—the highly-acclaimed 2011 film based on a short story by Andre
Dubus and starring Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek—ends with an aerial view of
the New England town of
A Piece of the Past
It’s been two years since I last stepped foot in Victoria. I was born there, and
my childhood nostalgia is tightly linked to the city. Now I’m riding a borrowed
bicycle