Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtHere Comes The Hum: A Review Of The ListenersThe intersections Tannahill’s The Listeners, a Giller Prize longlisted book, occupies are almost overwhelming when you stop and consider…Oct 1, 2021Oct 1, 2021
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtVita Nostra Interrogates Coming of Age, Academia, & Language Itself“This institution of higher education had no such concept as mercy.”Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtVita Nostra, Explained“Vita nostra . . . “Our life is brief, / It will shortly end; / Death comes quickly.”Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtLolita, an Invitation to Think Critically About Perception“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtA Few Book Recommendations; How Come You To The Writers You Read?The number one question writers seem to get asked where ideas come from, yet I have never seen a reader ask anyone, including themselves…May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Fraser SimonsYou Should Read the New Translation of BeowulfI would not be eaten, nor beaten, no skewered and swimmer I, no drowned dinner for a circle of cold companions, gobbling my guts, glutted…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtApartment: Exposing a Generational Male Human Condition“Sometimes the only way to start over in life is to burn down the house.”Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtIn the Land of Men, Power, Career, and Personal Relationship Run Parallel, That’s the PointAdrienne Miller’s memory is a wondrously keen thing. Her memoir is vivid and detailed and, to the dismay of some critics apparently…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtWhiskey When We’re Dry: A Masterclass in Subverting Genre“It went on in increments not tallied by any earthly measure. For centuries we wander that snow with their blood running from our elbows.”Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
Fraser SimonsinSpringboard ThoughtWhy You Should Read Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club“Her loving him and him being well don’t seem to get on at all… And now they would get nothing but ruination.”Aug 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020