Category Archives: Booklore

Entries and posts that relate to the creation or consumption of books

Love of a Bookish Sort

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Edmund White The Burning Library “Nabokov: Beyond Parody” I may also seem to be saying that if Lolita, the supreme novel of love in the twentieth century, is a parody of earlier love novels, we should not be surprised, since … Continue reading →

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Myth Marking

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Francois Lachance

A feminine figurine fighter is graces the cover of the 1992 edition The 1994 edition is of flag and Mount Rushmore It’s the back cover that attracted by attention with its encounter with the theme of myth-making Here transcribed A … Continue reading →

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Tapping Into Shaker Love of Rhyme and Rhythm

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Francois Lachance

I have grown in my appreciation of the literary and artistic productions of the Shakers (not just their exquisite buildings and furniture) thanks to the Hamilton College Library, Clinton, NY Shaker Manifesto – Rhymes of Animals Rhymes of Animals A … Continue reading →

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Almost a Scar

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Francois Lachance

It’s a wonderfully rambling poem & A Serial Poem by Daryl Hine which through a circuitous route brings you back to a variation on a Latin tag about omens and spirit once in a negation and once in an affirmation … Continue reading →

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Confronting the Unread; Reconfronting the Read

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Francois Lachance

I find myself thinking of being in a library. In the Buddhist worldview, the entire conditioned reality in which we live is called samsara: the world of birth and death, arising and passing. This is our life. One of the … Continue reading →

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All Shapes and Sizes

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Francois Lachance

It was Hilary Clare (formerly C.M. Donald) who introduced me to fat liberation. I have in my library a copy of The Fat Woman Measures Up. I also have a gift — a laminated poster of Obélix sporting a gay … Continue reading →

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Mind Leaps to Spryness

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Richard Ronan. A Lamp of Small Sorrow: Four Fu Poems. Lucian Stryk in the preface concludes But what impresses me most about A Lamp of Small Sorrow is not so much its closeness to Taoism or Zen, though the closeness … Continue reading →

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The Spryness Leaps to Mind

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Richard Ronan. Buddha’s Kisses. The poem “Gacela” opens with the figure of Lorca contemplating death and “the boy”. By means of repeated words and short lines the poem builds image of a heart beat and a vast openness… […] and … Continue reading →

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Rest and Replay

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Francois Lachance

The dust jacket is shiny blue. Inside the book has a red cover. It seemed all blue to me in memory. It appears that sea of blue had a moon reflected in waves — all a blur to me — … Continue reading →

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Backlist Item – Sold Out

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Here is the description of the book from a scene with Marilyn Simonds in conversation with Hugh Barclay from Gutenberg’s Fingerprint. They are examining all the books published by Thee Hellbox Press Every book is different in size and shape … Continue reading →

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