In honour of Margaret Atwood’s temporary banning by The National Post, and subsequent re-posting in helpfully edited form, we offer backofthebook.ca editor Frank Moher’s “On being disappeared by the National Post,” originally published on January 5th, 2010. By Frank Moher I knew when I submitted my last book review to The National Post that it might […]
On being disappeared by The National Post
By Frank Moher I knew when I submitted my last book review to The National Post that it might not be published. What I didn’t expect was that the Post would publish it, and then unpublish it. The review was of a book of essays, What the Furies Bring, by Canadian poet Kenneth Sherman. Doesn’t […]
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WHAT THE FURIES BRING By Kenneth Sherman The Porcupine’s Quill 170 pages; $19.95 Review by Frank Moher What does it mean to be an intellectual? Does it simply mean to think a lot, and vigorously, about something other than yourself? If so, some cab drivers I’ve had are among the most impressive intellectuals in my […]
