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Wed October 3, 2012
The Proust Questionnaire, with Jolie Dobson
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The Proust Questionnaire, with Carey Toane
Submitted by Grace on April 20, 2015 - 4:54pm
April 30, 2015 - Journalist, poet and librarian-in-training Carey Toane is our May 2015 writer-in-residence! She has lived all over the world and returned to Canada shortly before the publication of her first poetry collection The Crystal Palace with Mansfield Press under the imprint of venerable poet and editor Stuart Ross. An active force in the literary community, Carey is the founding director of the Pivot Reading Series at the Press Club, as well as the co-founder of Toronto Poetry Vendors, a program which distributes poetry around the city in reclaimed vending machines. In her answers to the Proust Questionnaire, Carey tells Open Book about post-geographic neighbourhoods, Polish chickens and the importance of a good pair of boots. The Proust Questionnaire was not invented by Marcel Proust, but it was a much loved game by the French author and many of his contemporaries. The idea behind the questionnaire is that the answers are supposed to reveal the respondent's "true" personality. ______________ What is your dream of happiness? What is your idea of misery? Where would you like to live? What qualities do you admire most in a man? What qualities do you admire most in a woman? What is your chief characteristic? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What faults in others are you most tolerant of? What do you value most about your friends? What characteristic do you dislike most in others? What characteristic do you dislike most in yourself? What is your favourite virtue? What is your favourite occupation? What would you like to be? What is your favourite colour? What is your favourite flower? What is your favourite bird? What historical figure do you admire the most? What character in history do you most dislike? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite poets? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? Who are your heroes in real life? Who is your favourite painter? Who is your favourite musician? What is your favourite food? What is your favourite drink? What natural talent would you most like to possess? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? What is your motto? ___________________________
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