Michel Basilieres
@basilieres.bsky.social
Novelist (Black Bird, A Free Man). Writing Instructor (SCS at U of T). Still learning to keep my mouth shut.
Thanks! I recognized that cover, and it turns out I have a copy of that issue in my hands right now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Thanks! I recognized that cover, and it turns out I have a copy of that issue in my hands right now.
A standard part of the history we were taught in Quebec was about Les Filles du Roi, women sent from France to marry colonists in New France. I'll have to read this.
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A standard part of the history we were taught in Quebec was about Les Filles du Roi, women sent from France to marry colonists in New France. I'll have to read this.
Jennifer Egan's Black Box. Ken Liu's Presence.
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Jennifer Egan's Black Box. Ken Liu's Presence.
Happy Anniversary!
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Happy Anniversary!
Gorgeous edition. There's a transcription of this on Project Gutenberg.
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Gorgeous edition. There's a transcription of this on Project Gutenberg.
I've never heard of this. Closest I know: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nuit...
La Nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970 — Wikipédia
fr.wikipedia.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I've never heard of this. Closest I know: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nuit...
Hoffman is great, and a huge influence on the entirety of fantastic lit, among other things. His "detective" story Mme de Scudery predates Poe. Freud referred to him as "Uncanny", and he's the original Magic Realist.
October 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hoffman is great, and a huge influence on the entirety of fantastic lit, among other things. His "detective" story Mme de Scudery predates Poe. Freud referred to him as "Uncanny", and he's the original Magic Realist.
I'm guessing they're being flooded with claims.
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm guessing they're being flooded with claims.
Maupassant. I've read a bunch. Are there more than a few "weird" ones? The best I know are his realist works: novel Bel Ami and short story Boule de suif (sometimes translated Butterball, sometimes Ball of Fat). One of the great short story writers.
September 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Maupassant. I've read a bunch. Are there more than a few "weird" ones? The best I know are his realist works: novel Bel Ami and short story Boule de suif (sometimes translated Butterball, sometimes Ball of Fat). One of the great short story writers.
This year, Quebec is not paying for under 65's.
September 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This year, Quebec is not paying for under 65's.
It's still not common enough. The day it's really everywhere, I can stop paying a phone company.
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's still not common enough. The day it's really everywhere, I can stop paying a phone company.
Why in the world are they so expensive?
September 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why in the world are they so expensive?
I finally read this over the spring. But it's hardly neglected?
August 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I finally read this over the spring. But it's hardly neglected?
I usually learn friends are fans of a celebrity only when a famous person dies.
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I usually learn friends are fans of a celebrity only when a famous person dies.
Their pensions went a lot further (mine doesn't cover the rent). And it turned out they were all upper middle class (read: rich), with spouses in the professional classes making bank.
August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Their pensions went a lot further (mine doesn't cover the rent). And it turned out they were all upper middle class (read: rich), with spouses in the professional classes making bank.
The film is wonderful, the acting superb. Unfortunately, the ending is changed from the original and undermines the story. Still very much worth watching.
August 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The film is wonderful, the acting superb. Unfortunately, the ending is changed from the original and undermines the story. Still very much worth watching.
This is a wonderful book. There's a newer translation available on Amazon, as well as a few other of his books, some of which were translated long before this. Seems to me he's also a big influence on Clark Ashton Smith.
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is a wonderful book. There's a newer translation available on Amazon, as well as a few other of his books, some of which were translated long before this. Seems to me he's also a big influence on Clark Ashton Smith.