Brick: A Literary Journal, Spring 2001

by Linda Spalding (Editor), Michael Redhill (Contributing and Managing Editor), Michael Ondaatje (Contributing Editor)

In its 25-year history, Brick has grown from a grassroots magazine to one of the most respected literary journals in the world. Focused on literary nonfiction of various genres and subjects — the writing life, travel, film, memoir, interviews with authors, and excerpts from their works — Brick is an ongoing conversation between readers and writers. This issue features original essays by Guy Davenport, Donald Richie, and Jim Harrison; an interview with Sharon Olds and new poems; new work by E. Annie Proulx, Caryl Phillips, Roo Borson, and Erin Moure; and a piece on Alfred Hitchcock and 20th-century art.

168 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2001

About the author

Linda Spalding, Kansas-born Canadian fiction and nonfiction writer, often explores world cultures and the clash between contemporary life and traditional beliefs. Born in Topeka, she lived in Mexico and Hawaii before moving to Toronto, Ontario in 1982.

Spalding's work has been honoured numerous times. Her non-fiction work, The Follow, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and she has since received the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the Canadian literary community.

Her novel, The Purchase, won the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award.

She has two daughters and is currently married to novelist Michael Ondaatje. Linda, her daughter Esta, and Michael are also on the editorial board of the Canadian literary magazine, Brick.