Apr 27, 2011 | Review, The Only Snow in Havana
“Captivity Tales and The Only Snow in Havana are marked by a style and sensibility that have the same fullness and restraint found in Glenn Gould’s music and David Milne’s art.” —The Ottawa Citizen
Apr 27, 2011 | Review, The Only Snow in Havana
“The writing is a constant joy, alive with simple images that strike to the heart, a clarity of expression that is like clean air, observations that stop on the page. The book floats in the mind after it is read, like poetry.” —Canadian Book Review...
Apr 27, 2011 | Review, The Only Snow in Havana
“Imaginary, inventive, filled with its own light in rather a similar way to an Impressionist painting. It has a unique gleaming quality.” —George Woodcock
Apr 26, 2011 | A Student of Weather, Alone in the Classroom, Captivity Tales, Crossing the Snow Line, Garbo Laughs, Late Nights on Air, Reader Resources, Small Change, The Only Snow in Havana
1 – How did your first book change your life? I was living in New York City, and shortly before Crossing the Snow Line came out from Black Moss Press, the poet Fred Wah happened to visit me and he warned me not to expect much and he was right. It was a useful...
Apr 26, 2011 | A Student of Weather, Alone in the Classroom, Captivity Tales, Crossing the Snow Line, Garbo Laughs, His Whole Life, Late Nights on Air, Reader Resources, Small Change, The Only Snow in Havana
Elizabeth Hay in Conversation with The New Quarterly Magazine, originally published in spring 2009. The original item is published here with permission of the magazine. Elizabeth Hay – In Conversation With Hannah Albert I began this conversation with Elizabeth...