Lily Iona MacKenzie's Blog, page 26
December 21, 2020
Behind the scenes with The Band’s Robbie Robertson: TESTIMONY
We sometimes forget that music plays an essential part in our lives. We listen to CDs or stream songs, often unaware of what goes into producing these tracks that give us such pleasure. For those of us who came of age during the rock and roll era, and for others who are interested in its […]
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December 14, 2020
Can readers give birth to novels?
My son’s birthday was a few days ago, and these past weeks have reminded me of when I was eight months pregnant and bursting at the seams. I anticipated the child I was carrying whose gender I didn’t know yet. I also didn’t know the impact he would have on my life. But friends and […]
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December 7, 2020
Writing the Dream Onward
If you’ve followed my blog posts at all, you know that dreams have been a passion of mine for many years. Each morning, I gather them into my journal as I once gathered eggs on my stepfather’s farm. And for me, they function in a similar way that eggs do, cracking open and providing nourishment. […]
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November 30, 2020
Confessions of a Ronnie Hawkins’ groupie!
Anyone who followed the early ‘60s rock scene knows of Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins, though he’s slightly more famous in his adopted country, Canada, than in the U.S. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Hawkins, a vocalist and bandleader, had an ear for promising musicians and an eye for good-looking women. His group “The Hawks” gave birth to […]
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November 23, 2020
Writing as an immigrant
When I first moved to the US in 1963 from Western Canada, clutching my green card, I felt excited about residing in a country that seemed much worldlier and more stimulating than how I had envisioned Canada at that time. The American Dream was actually a reality then, and it was possible for someone like […]
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November 16, 2020
How are writing and fishing related?
One thing my fisherman son has taught me is how important patience is to a writer. My son has fished all of his life. For two years, when he was nine and ten, he went to nearby lakes whenever he could, and each time he told me he would bring fish back for dinner. He […]
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November 9, 2020
Is linearity important in narrative?
When I picked up Marguerite Duras’ The Lover, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew she was considered one of France’s most important literary figures, but The Lover was the first work of hers that I had read. The back cover claims that The Lover is “an exquisite jewel of a novel,” but it’s […]
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November 2, 2020
Are all internet sites created equal?
Okay, it’s confession time. I’m a snob, an elitist, and worse. I believe that my many years as a university teacher of rhetoric, and my equal amount of time as a writer of several novels, poetry, essays, and more, qualify me as a specialist in those areas. In addition, my broad and deep background in […]
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October 26, 2020
Appearances Really Are Deceiving
Francine Prose’s novel Mr. Monkey has taught me something valuable about point of view. While I’m interested in the story Prose is telling, as a writer I’m even more concerned with how the narrative is shaped. Unusual for a novel, eleven chapters each feature a different character, and some appear tangentially in other sections, offering […]
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October 19, 2020
How we can still TRUMP trump!
On November 4, four years ago, I published the following blog post. I believe it has even more relevance today, and it’s fascinating to see how much we understood what we were facing back then. Here is the post: Before going to sleep last night, I was pretty certain that Hilary would not prevail. Still, […]
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