Steven Heighton claimed that I once wrote in the margins of the manuscripts of his stories: “Another excremental metaphor,” “Oh Christ, Heighton, are you kidding?” and “You can only say that about ...
Steven Heighton, an award-winning Ontario writer of musical poetry and widely published works of fiction and nonfiction, has died at the age of 60. His publisher House of Anansi confirmed his death in ...
The poet Karen Solie has a vivid memory of Steven Heighton, from a trip she took to a writing festival in Cork, Ireland. Heighton had expressed interest in a pub he’d seen and suggested Solie meet him ...
Ontario author Steven Heighton, who brought a poet’s sensibility to global issues, has died. The Kingston, Ont., writer was 60. Biblioasis, which published some of his books, confirmed the news in a ...
In his introduction to The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant, published earlier this year, the American novelist Garth Risk Hallberg explains that he developed the wonderful habit of reading a ...
Every age has its dominant cultural forms, and our own longstanding literary monoculture, which is mainly given over to the production and marketing of novels, has had some odd and unfortunate effects ...
You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Steven Heighton is the author of twelve books, including two this spring – the novel Enjoy the latest local, ...
The poet Karen Solie has a vivid memory of Steven Heighton, from a trip she took to a writing festival in Cork, Ireland. Heighton had expressed interest in a pub he’d seen and suggested Solie meet him ...