Posts Tagged ‘Ken McGoogan’
Ireland’s Islands
Ireland’s Islands. The Aran Isles, the Skelligs, Inishbofin, Tory Island. What, with Irish music all the way? Yup, it was quite the adventure.
Read MoreOh Whitman, my Whitman!
Walt Whitman’s Secret, by George Fetherling, Random House Canada, 350 pages, $32. Reviewed by Ken McGoogan Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 Nothing in the previous work of George Fetherling has prepared us for this. The man has written dozens of books, among them biographies, histories, contemporary novels, collections of essays…
Read MoreCelebrating a Buried Treasure
If you missed it in the Globe . . . Buried Treasures / An Arctic adventurer worth remembering Elisha Kent Kane was a superstar adventurer and writer in the 19th century but is remembered today only by specialists and aficionados KEN MCGOOGAN Globe and Mail February 28, 2009 Back in New York City after spending…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to John Steinbeck
On Feb. 27, during Freedom to Read Week, I’ll be part of Closer to the Land: Freedom of Expression and the Environment, an extravaganza slated for the Toronto Reference Library. I won’t bring my guitar that night, but to mark the occasion, I’ve ransacked the musical archive and voila: Say Goodbye to John Steinbeck. I…
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