An Interview with Jenny Mastoraki

Myrna Kostash pulls a 1982 Interview with Greek poet and translator Jenny Mastoraki from the memory vault. We think its worth publishing.

Hüzün

Myrna Kostash reports from Turkey.

Letter from Macedonia

Myrna Kostash delivers her account of Macedonia. She’s now back in Canada.

Letter from Sofia, Bulgaria, September 30, 2011

Myrna Kostash files her second travel report, this time from Sofia, Bulgaria. The first report, from Serbia, is in the archive..

Letter from Serbia September 2011

Myrna Kostash posts the first in a series of accounts of her travels in Southeastern Europe

Prodigal Thinker

Myrna Kostash searches for a saint on the road to Byzantium. Brian Fawcett traces her pilgrimage.

1988

Jean Baird on the 1988 Booker Prize.

Shocking Protestants

Myrna Kostash files a unique look at English History

Writing Nonfiction in Canada: A Manifesto

Longtime dooneyscafe.com foreign correspondant Myrna Kostash, this time from her Edmonton home base, wonders why nonfiction isn’t taken seriously in Canada, and has some disturbing conclusions.

Frank Davey: The Curious Night-Time Incident of a Famous Brunette Female Writer in Jackboots

John Harris skewers Canadian academic literary critic Frank Davey, and manages to have a few laughs along the way…

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