Archive - rob mclennan's clever substack

If updates be the food of love, play on.

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

9 hrs ago •

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 •

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 •

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