Archive - rob mclennan's clever substack

May 2025

there is no update either good or bad, but thinking makes it so,

, two upcoming (Ottawa) book fair appearances, an above/ground press zoom + an Ottawa in-person reading, etc.

May 25 •

the green notebook,

, reading Elisa Gabbert on Sylvia Plath, + prose on illness by Dodie Bellamy + Christine McNair,

May 20 •

the green notebook,

, reading Sara Power, David O'Meara + Anselm Berrigan, with shades of Michael Ondaatje, Miriam Gershow + Miranda Hill,

May 13 •

reading in the margins: Lydia Davis

, a short essay more than a year in the works,

May 9 •

JWT BookAdventures – Q & A interview with rob mclennan,

, during which i was, as they say, interviewed;

May 5 •

April 2025

the green notebook

, Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro, reading Jay Owens + all the places where dust gets in,

Apr 29 •

Between the when of all that matters

, a short fiction work-in-progress set in Ottawa's Mechanicsville,

Apr 23 •

the green notebook

, reading Carrie Olivia Adams, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Joe Brainard + Daniel Felsenthal on Joe Brainard,

Apr 15 •

an update, an update, my kingdom for an update,

, because you deserve to know the truth,

Apr 8 •

the green notebook

, reading through Eleanor Wachtel's interview with Claire Keegan, in Brick: A Literary Journal,

Apr 2 •

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