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Wed January 18, 2012
The Proust Questionnaire, with Rob Benvie
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The Proust Questionnaire, with Rob Winger
Submitted by Grace on July 8, 2014 - 7:22am
Rob Winger burst onto the Canadian poetry scene with his debut, Muybridge’s Horse, in 2007. The collection was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the Ottawa Book Award. He's since published a second acclaimed collection, The Chimney Stone, and returns this season with Old Hat (Nightwood Editions). The three-section work plays with Canadian poetic stereotypes, from maple syrup to sprawling landscapes, while deconstructing multiple types of language, from academic speech to slang. A vibrant and brainy collection, Old Hat is anything but what its title suggests. In Rob's responses to Proust Questionnaire, he gets playful once again with words (don't miss his favourite "occupation") and agrees with Bartleby the Scrivener when it comes to the end. 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" nature. _________________________________ Where would you like to live? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What faults in others are you most tolerant of? What is your favourite virtue? What is your favourite occupation? What would you like to be? What is your favourite flower? What is your favourite bird? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? 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 is your motto? Related item from our archives |
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