My wife, a cynical observer of literary criticism in this country, seemed curious. “Why would they ask you?” she wanted to know, referring to the blue hardcover I had just received in the mail along with a request from the Literary Review of Canada to write a 1,200-word review.
I started to tell her “because I am a writer known for my provocative…
Stephen Reid
Stephen Reid lives with his wife, the poet Susan Musgrave, on Haida Gwaii. His last book was A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden (Thistledown Press, 2012).