About the Author
Missy Marston
Missy Marston's writing has appeared in various publications, including Grain and Arc Poetry Magazine. She was the winner of the Lillian I. Found Award for her poem, "Jesus Christ came from my home town." The Love Monster is her first novel.She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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This week we turned great flicks into reading tips, lined our shelves with a few books to keep the fun going after finishing our August Book Club read, got cozy with a quiz to start our fall TBR's and more.
Our August Book Club reading of Missy Marston's Bad Ideas is almost at an end, but before we wrap things up, we want to leave you with a few similar recommendations that are sure to skyrocket you into some great reading.
This week we interviewed Missy Marston, author of our #alubookclub pick Bad Ideas (ECW Press), recommended a follow-up read to Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and shared poems and a debut short story collection. Also, ASMR is becoming official. Scroll on for that and more.
If you checked out our ALU book club discussion on Bad Ideas, you know that we had a lot to say about the book's vivid cast of characters and setting, which we felt perfectly captured life in small-town Ontario. Now, we're taking it straight to the source in this interview ... Read more
This week we took to the patio again for a bookclub discussion of Missy Marston's Bad Ideas (ECW Press), chatted with Bindu Suresh about writer's block, played casting director with Sally Cooper's With My Back to the World, and read The Nap-Away Motel, a debut novel that's The ... Read more
This week we contemplated decolonization and Indigenous Poetics with an essay from D.A. Lockart, introduced our August #alubookclub pick, armchair explored some Canadian trails, and queued up a Spotify playlist.
The theme of this summer's #ALUbookclub is love and relationships: While last month's book Echolocation was a dark meditation on relationships, this month's pick Bad Ideas by Missy Marston (ECW Press) explores the complexities of love, family dynamics, and choices. Read ... Read more
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