{"id":1260,"date":"2012-09-19T01:16:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T01:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:38:06","slug":"writings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.6.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<div class=\"page-list page-list-ext \">\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/essay\/\" title=\"Essays\">Essays<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/essay\/chris-galvin\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Essays: Chris Galvin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Chris-Galvin-pic-.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Essays: Chris Galvin\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/essay\/chris-galvin\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Essays: Chris Galvin\">Writings \/ Essays: Chris Galvin<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">An Evening with Kim Th\u00fay \r\nIn a seamless blend of memoir and fiction, Kim Th\u00fay\u2019s first novel, Ru  (R...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/\" title=\"Reviews\">Reviews<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/george-elliott-clarke\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Georg-Elliot-Clarke-pic-copy-150x129.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/george-elliott-clarke\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke\">Writings \/ Reviews: George Elliott Clarke<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Fiction, Poetry and Black History \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Testament of Mary\r\n by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn\r\nToronto, ON: M...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/janet-nicol\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Janet-Nicol-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/janet-nicol\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol\">Writings \/ Reviews: Janet Nicol<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Fiction and Historical Crime \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUnder Budapest\r\n by Ailsa Kay\r\nFredericton, NB: Goose Lane,...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/michelle-alfano\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Michelle Alfano\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Michelle-Alfano-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Michelle Alfano\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/reviews\/michelle-alfano\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Reviews: Michelle Alfano\">Writings \/ Reviews: Michelle Alfano<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Fiction \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Proxy Bride\r\n by Terri Favro\r\nToronto, ON: Quattro Books, 2012\r\n$14.95, 123 pp\r\n\r\nThis...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/fiction\/\" title=\"Fiction\">Fiction<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/fiction\/robert-nathan\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Robert Nathan\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Robert-Nathan-pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Robert Nathan\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/fiction\/robert-nathan\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Fiction: Robert Nathan\">Writings \/ Fiction: Robert Nathan<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Welcome \r\n\u201cWatch your ass.\u201d\r\nMy sister Meena laughed, but Aunt Radhika was serious.\r\n\u201cPrepare yourself. 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It was my sixth birthday,...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/creative-non-fiction\/prosenjit-dey-chaudhury\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: Prosenjit Dey Chaudhury\">Writings \/ Creative Non-Fiction: Prosenjit Dey Chaudhury<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">The Immigrant\u2019s Conquest in the Snowy City \n\n\n&nbsp;\nFrom the window you can see sombre cloud ranged i...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/\" title=\"Poetry\">Poetry<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/cassidy-mcfadzean\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Cassidy McFadzean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Cassidy-McFadzean-Pic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Cassidy McFadzean\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/cassidy-mcfadzean\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Cassidy McFadzean\">Writings \/ Poetry: Cassidy McFadzean<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Arrival of a\u00a0Train\u00a0at La Ciotat  \r\nPlato must have needed the flame of a candle,\r\nand a concave mirror t...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/diana-manole\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Diana Manole\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Diana-Manole_2010-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Diana Manole\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/diana-manole\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Diana Manole\">Writings \/ Poetry: Diana Manole<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">&nbsp;\r\nAir \r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n1. First Breath \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll I can do is breathe\r\nand crystal pebbles gently...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/yemi-soneye\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Yemi Soneye\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Yemi-Shoneye-pic.-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Yemi Soneye\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/yemi-soneye\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Yemi Soneye\">Writings \/ Poetry: Yemi Soneye<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">To See Her Full Like Filled Seats \r\n\r\nIn a restaurant\r\nyou both can\u2019t afford,\r\nthis is the third dinner.\r\n\r\nThe b...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/luca-xifona\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/no_photo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/luca-xifona\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona\">Writings \/ Poetry: Luca Xifona<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Isle  \r\n\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No far-fetched fragrance...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/wole-soyinka\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wole Soyinka\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Wole-Soyinka-pic-2-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wole Soyinka\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/wole-soyinka\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wole Soyinka\">Writings \/ Poetry: Wole Soyinka<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">*Elegy for a Nation \r\n(For Chinua Achebe at 70 )\r\n\r\nI \r\n\r\nAh, Chinua, are you grapevine wired?\r\nIt sings:...<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-list-ext-item\"><div class=\"page-list-ext-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/wale-adebanwi\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wale Adebanwi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Wale-Adebanwi-pic-copy-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wale Adebanwi\" \/><\/a><\/div> <h3 class=\"page-list-ext-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/writings\/poetry\/wale-adebanwi\/\" title=\"Writings \/ Poetry: Wale Adebanwi\">Writings \/ Poetry: Wale Adebanwi<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"page-list-ext-item-content\">Grahamstown Opera  \r\n\r\n(For Jamie) \r\n\r\nI \r\n\r\nHow could I say all I wanted to say,\r\nwhen you snatched...<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1328,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1260\/revisions\/1328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}