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Letters to Elyse*

Submitted by zwhittall on October 29, 2007 - 8:38pm
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Letters to Elyse*

I mentioned to everyone I met this week (and on the Now blog) just how much I loved hearing Elyse Friedman read a short story at the House of Anansi 40th Anniversary party at the IFOA. I spend a lot of time at literary events making sure my dates have enough alcohol and are kept entertained during the boring bits, and Elyse kept us both spine-straight and clutching our guts.

Thanks to Patchy Squirrel List-serve for the reminder! I will definitely walk out my door and across the park for this one:

ELYSE FRIEDMAN BOOK LAUNCH
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Thursday, November 1, 7:30 pm.
Type Books, 883 Queen West
Free.

Elyse Friedman's Long Story Short (Anansi)

Very short reading. Libations/Merriment

www.elysefriedman.com

* couldn't resist the Cure reference

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I'm doing another reading soon, in just over 3 weeks at a great little bar called The Painted Lady. Of course I'm already nervous but, as usual, my strategy is to rehearse the pants off the stuff and draw inspiration from all those who stand on the stage behind me while I perform.

I mean my beloved dead and my beloved living, my favorite authors, painters, dancers, musicians, photographers and so on, all the free-range boho lunatics I adore, both infamous and obscure. I feel like I represent them and must not let down the side.

Zoe Whittall

Zoe Whittall is the author of the novel Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant, 2007) and two volumes of poetry, The Emily Valentine Poems (Snare, 2006) and The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (McGilligan, 2001).

Go to Zoe Whittall’s Author Page