Teri V.’s 2015 in Reading and Writing

In 2015 I had a baby named Clara and published my first novel called Escape Plans. I connected everything I read to each of those events, hoping to assuage or at least validate any anxiety I felt about them. After giving birth on January 1, I started small. When I read, I chose cookbooks or […]

Day 12: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my twelfth read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Twelve copies of Algoma Eleven Hidden Cities Ten Sideshow Concessions Nine Hot, Wet, and Shakings Eight Sweet Afflictions Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by […]

Day 11: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my eleventh read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Eleven Hidden Cities Ten Sideshow Concessions Nine Hot, Wet, and Shakings Eight Sweet Afflictions Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining […]

Day 10: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my tenth read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Ten Sideshow Concessions Nine Hot, Wet, and Shakings Eight Sweet Afflictions Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining that old chestnut, […]

Day 9: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my ninth read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Nine Hot, Wet, and Shakings Eight Sweet Afflictions Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining that old chestnut, The Twelve Days […]

Sideshow Tour Diary #11 | “Hometown”

Sideshow Concessions has a lot of poems about living in the Annapolis Valley (Kingston), so it’s only proper that this mini-tour ended there. My old friend and outstanding human Mike Beazley put together an intimate event in New Minas. This was very special to me (see, words still failing). A poetry-tour dispatch from Invisible author […]

Day 8: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my eighth read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Eight Sweet Afflictions Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining that old chestnut, The Twelve Days of Christmas, to bring you […]

Day 7: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my seventh read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Seven Food and Tremblings Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining that old chestnut, The Twelve Days of Christmas, to bring you twelve days of […]

Day 6: The Twelve Reads of Christmas

For my sixth read of Christmas my true love sent to me: Six Fallsy Downsies Five Migration Songs Four What You Needs Three Ghost Pines Two Jim Guthries and one Escape Plans by Teri V. We’re reimagining that old chestnut, The Twelve Days of Christmas, to bring you twelve days of holiday discounts! Beginning December […]