Brick is edited by Michael Helm, Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Esta Spalding, Linda Spalding, and Rebecca Silver Slayter
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Brick 89 is EPIC
The summer issue of Brick is chock full and poised to hit newsstands at the end of May. In it you’ll find the latest from Patrick deWitt, Anne Carson, Marilynne Robinson, Lisa Moore, Tim Lilburn, Homero Aridjis, Amitava Kumar, Rosemary Sullivan, Colm Tóibín, Stan Dragland, Jaspreet Singh, and, making his triumphant return to our pages, Jim Harrison. Film takes a front seat in this issue as well: Wim Wenders and Clio Barnard talk about their most recent projects, and Priscila Uppal writes an astonishing piece on Blade Runner and her mother. The issue features art and photography by Arnaud Maggs, Angela Grauerholz, Sedat Pakay, T. Shanaathanan, Lee Miller, and much more.
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Read "Something Fierce," the essay, from Brick 80
Heartiest congratulations to Carmen Aguirre, winner of the 2012 Canada Reads contest for her memoir, Something Fierce. We’re especially proud, as the story that eventually became the book was first published in Brick 80. You can read it here.
Many Happy Returns, Mr. Dickens
A very happy two hundredth birthday to Charles Dickens. Back in issue 84, we ran a piece by Mr. Dickens respecting his pet ravens. Today is a good occasion to read it here.
GALLERY: Brick 88 Launch
Brick welcomed readers, contributors, and fans in from the driving rain on November 29 for the launch of its 88th issue. Guests heard readings and recollections from Eleanor Wachtel, Linda Spalding, Michael Helm, and Laurie D Graham, and were even treated to a surprise appearance from Justin Rutledge. And the ultimate extra-special bonus: we all drank wine in a library.
Head to our web gallery to see who did what when and with whom.
MORE from the archive: Brick 65/66
We said that there was more to come, and why would we lie? Please, don’t answer that. Instead, take a look at Robert Bringhurst’s translation of “The Sealion Hunter,” a poem by Haida storyteller Ghandl. Also, read about Russell Banks’s experience with depression. And watch this space—there’s more to come.
Brick 88 on Digital Newsstand
For those of you waiting patiently for your cherished digital edition of the Winter 2012 issue of Brick, you need wait no longer. The digital edition of Brick 88 is now up on the Magazines Canada and Zinio sites, to be read on your electronic reading gadget of choice. Purchase the newest issue or, better yet, subscribe for a year. Get your very own digital edition today.
From the archive: Brick 65/66
While you’re all anxiously checking your mailboxes for Brick 88, why not tide yourself over with a few choice selections from yesteryear? We’ve just added a couple of past favourites to the site. Read Harold Weber on shrimp étouffée, or Jeffery Eugenides on John Hawkes. There’s even more to come, pending intense negotiations by our crack team of literary lawyers, so watch this space!
Read from Brick 88 online
If you can’t make it to the bookstore to pick up your very own copy of Brick 88, you can always read a few juicy morsels from the issue right now:
Héctor Abad revisits Bertrand Russell
Jeramy Dodds’s lighthouse trip
Grant Buday on the benefits of old books
Valerie Martin in conversation with John Biguenet
A poem by Andrew Jamison
And if you exhaust this plate of goodies and need more Brick in your life, you can always order your own copy of Brick 88 right here.
Tomas Tranströmer, Nobel Laureate
The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. Brick is delighted and applauds the Nobel committee for their choice. Here’s one of his gems, which appeared in Brick 80.
Brickie in Bangladesh
We couldn't ignore the import of this video as we gather content for the next issue. Also, we're blown away by this guy. Watch Bangladeshi Brickie transport bricks.
