Nico Mara-McKay

Elfin’ at the Advent Book Blog

The Advent Book Blog is a which runs from December 1st through the 25th. It’s run by Books on the Radio and Book Madam, and it’s now in its third year. It offers reader-sourced recommendations – ad-free. I’ve just recommended The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (click here to find out why). If you’re interested [...]

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“Vicious Beauty” published in The Found Poetry Review
My poem “Vicious Beauty” has been published in the Fall 2011 edition of The Found Poetry Review. It juxtaposes an excerpt from Bertrand Russell on beauty with words taken from a biography of Sid Vicious. I kinda like it. You can check out the whole issue online. © 2008-2011 Nico Mara-McKay For the original source [...]
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Shelf Life: September 2011
As this is the fourth edition of Shelf Life, if you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity, you probably have a pretty good idea what it’s about. If you don’t, check out past editions for more info. I’m going to try to make this as brief as I can, as we’re almost halfway through [...]
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“Marks: Uniting Sprit and Flesh” published in Trigger93
I just received the latest issue of Trigger93, which contains my essay “Marks: Uniting Spirit and Flesh”. The theme of this issue is “Flesh”, and my piece is a personal essay on spiritual tattoos. Though the ways this theme has been interpreted are as varied as they are powerful, from the interview with Anna Blume [...]
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“Marks: Uniting Sprit and Flesh” published in Trigger93
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Time travel is real
I took this picture on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011, during a Books & Martini Night with a few friends (before martinis, I might add), on Bloor Street West, somewhere between Bathurst and Spadina. My first theory was that at some point in 2012 I will travel back in time to whenever the sidewalk was laid, [...]
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Mysterious Postcard
I love getting mail. When I visit my postbox each week I come home with strange volumes various publishers have sent in for review, announcements for rare manuscripts about to be published, and the occasional thank you letter from an author for a review they particularly liked. I even love getting the mail at home, [...]
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“Innocence” published in Contemporary Verse 2
My poem “Innocence”, has been published in the latest issue of Contemporary Verse 2. This issue features Jennifer Still, whose newest collection, Girlwood, I just started reading this afternoon. It’s excellent, and the interview with Still is charming and delightful. All in all it’s a great issue. Check out CV2 for more. © 2008-2011 Nico [...]
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Pictures from Run for the Cure 2011
Thanks to everyone who donated or otherwise supported this year’s Run for the Cure. With your help, raised more than my goal of $500 dollars for the cause. Your support means a lot to me and to the thousands of women and men who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Though I’ve been doing [...]
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Pluots
I’m a city girl, and my husband does most of the grocery shopping, so when I went to the St Jacob’s farmers’ market with my BFF, Jo, last weekend, I was amazed to discover a whole new variety of fruits and vegetables that I never knew existed. Among them, the mighty pluot.(1) Pluots are a [...]
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Running for the Cure in 2011
The photo above was taken yesterday on the promenade in Blackpool during our run. I’m using the time to train for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. Each year I participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure to raise money for breast cancer research and prevention. It’s important to me for [...]
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