Archive - rob mclennan's clever substack

July 2025

a funny thing happened on the way to the cathedral(s) : Belfast, Galway + Dublin : travel notes (in three parts,

, in which i discuss our recent travels following middle daughter's choir, as well as our recent reading in Dublin,

Jul 30 •

the green notebook,

, reading Dodie Bellamy on the plane back from Calgary,

Jul 22 •

the green notebook,

, reading Adrian Tomine, Elisa Gabbert, ryan fitzpatrick + Monty Reid in Calgary,

Jul 16 •

If updates be the food of love, play on.

, Christine and I read in Dublin this weekend, yes? you should come to that,

Jul 8 •

the genealogy book

, perhaps circling the ends of this particular non-fiction manuscript,

Jul 2 •

June 2025

the green notebook,

, reading Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Christine McNair, Bill Knott, Gary Barwin + Jay MillAr,

Jun 24 •

, a third (occasional) fragment of a work-in-progress,

Jun 18 •

the green notebook,

, remembering Rick McNair (1942-2007), missing Jordan Abel + reading Cameron Anstee,

Jun 10 •

the green notebook,

, last summer: reflecting on Stuart Ross, Mahaila Smith, Barbara Guest + the above/ground press anniversary reading,

Jun 3 •

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