Words that have influenced me: 2013

An Object of Beauty                                Steve Martin

Interviewing Matisse or The Woman wh-Lily Tuck

The Art of Racing in the Rain                Garth Stein

Waiting for Joe                                        Sandra Birdsell

Await Your Reply                                    Dan Chaon

The Beginner's Goodbye                       Anne Tyler

The Age of Hope                                     David Bergen

Time is a River                                        Mary Alice Monroe

Oryx and Crake                                       Margaret Atwood

Midnight's Children                                Salman Rushdie

Manitowapow                                          Niigan James Sinclair/Warren Cariou

Casa Azul                                                  Laban Carrick Hill

Évangeline                                               Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When Earth Leaps Up                            Anne Szumigalski

Undone                                                     Sue Goyette

Concrete and Wild Carrot                      Margaret Avison

White Song                                              Susan Maeder

Bowling Pin Fire                                      Andy Quan

Botero's Beautiful Horses                      Jan Conn

The Woman Downstairs                         Julie Bruck

Nuns Looking Anxious ...                        Helen Humphrey

Ghost Country                                         Steve Noyes

Raising Roger                                          Carrie Walker-Jones

The Zoomer Philosophy, vol. i               Moses Znaimer

A Child's Christmas in Newfoundland  Lisa Moore

Prairie Fire, vol 34/no.3                        Birk Sproxton: A Tribute

Semantic Antics                                       Sol Steinmetz

How to Write a Sentence                       Stanley Fish

Searchlights and Sunglasses                  Eric Newton

The Art Therapy Sourcebook                Cathy A. Malchiodi

The Artist's Way                                       Julia Cameron

Finding Water                                           Julia Cameron

Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom    Dr. Christina Northrup

Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers     Dr. Karyl McBride

Journal revolution: rise up and create! Linda Woods

Artist's Journal Workshop                      Cathy Johnson

The Art Journal Workshop                      Traci Bunkers

Writing Away: a creative guide to awak-Lavinia Spalding

Journaling a Pathway Through Grief    Wendy Dean

Spiritual Journaling: writing your way to ind.     Julie Taillard Johnson

Visual Chronicles: the no-fear guide to-Linda Woods

Green Eggs and Ham                              Dr. Seuss

The Big Green Book of Beginner Books Dr. Seuss

The Book of Spells                                  Peter Scholtz

Les six degrés du désir                          Marc Fisher

Portrait d'un inconnu                             Nathalie Sarraute

Il était arrivé  quelque chose                 choisies par Christian Poslaniec

Le passager                                             Patrick Senécal

j'ai tué emma s.                                        Emma Santos

La poésie des origines à 1715               Armand Colin

Pas si bête                                                 Philippe Béha

Souris !                                                      Raina Telgemeier

La rentrée de Lili Graffiti                        Paula Danziger

Fonchito y la luna                                    Mario Vargas Llosa

When I post these lists, as I flow in the plethora of words and stories that have accompanied me through my year, I get a feeling of fullness and a vital connection with my world, past and present.
         And to these written words I must add those I hear through earphones, oral stories transcribed, that teach me and touch me like no others...