Seen ReadingSeen Reading is the exciting debut collection of microfictions from Canada’s pre-eminent literary voyeur, Julie Wilson. Based on the beloved online movement of the same name, Seen Reading collects more than a hundred stories inspired by sightings of people reading on Toronto transit, each reader re-invented in a poetic piece of short fiction. Tender, poignant, and fun, Seen Reading offers readers an inspired fictional map while charting an urban centre’s cultural commitment to books and literature. "Beneath the surface of Julie Wilson’s energy, biting wit, and quirkiness lies intelligence and insight—a fresh observer to the dynamic ways in which we communicate."—Anthony De Sa "I spy, with my little eye, something that is utterly delightful. Take a peek at Julie Wilson's Seen Reading. There are treasures to be found within."—Ami McKay “With Seen Reading, Julie Wilson has done something revolutionary for the time: seamlessly combine books-related gossip, arts reportage, and creative writing in every post. The results are exhilarating and deliciously voyeuristic.”—George Murray, Bookninja.com |
Contents
After Joe Brainard | |
Undertow | |
Cherry Tree | |
Girls Dorm | |
A Quick Peek | |
Simmer | |
Cursive | |
Winter Wonderland | |
Indiana Summers | |
Pinhead | |
86 | |
Jelly | |
Red | |
One Boy In | |
Dress Rehearsal | |
Indigestion | |
Legal Limits | |
He Didnt See It Coming | |
Shed thought no pain no joy was exempt from fading until this lingered | |
Breaking Ties | |
Six Spin | |
Morning Glories | |
House Rules | |
Complementary Colours | |
Surplus | |
Small Talks | |
Lots and Lots | |
Woman and Parrot | |
Dreams of a WouldBe Government Employee | |
Simple Sandwiches | |
Soon her son will have nine teeth and know how to walk the memory of eight teeth a distant luxury | |
Tho Shelton | |
Bagged Lunch | |
Miss Popular | |
Riding the Rails | |
It Begins the Same | |
Pillow Talk | |
The Health Hustle | |
Swedish Berries | |
Mercy | |
Clearcutting | |
What had their love been if not the exception? | |
Love Noted | |
Ends | |
The Young Lovers Part I | |
The Young Lovers Part II | |
Biopsy | |
Cherry | |
Love Will Tear Us Apart | |
Divorced Before Thirty | |
Flat | |
Side Tables | |
The temptation of her acceptance a lure | |
Sticks and Twigs | |
Intrusion | |
Visitor | |
white wedding | |
Irlsgay | |
A Room of His Own | |
Sugar Bowls | |
Esther | |
If This Buick Could Talk | |
Grace | |
Creature Feature | |
The more things strayed the more they stayed the strange | |
Girlfriends | |
The Curious Collector | |
Sailor | |
Reception | |
Like Mother Like Son | |
Glory Glory | |
Rumble Row | |
Put to Pasture | |
Of Age | |
When You Least Expect It | |
Secret Santa | |
To have and to scold toward a day far worse or better | |
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Monsters in the Bones | |
Wedding Dress | |
Wearing Her Indoor Face | |
Pricks | |
Counting Cars | |
Procession | |
The Birth of a Handsome Nose | |
Pink | |
Hero | |
Holding | |
Twisty Ties | |
Authors Note | |
Bibliography | |
Acknowledgements | |
About the Author | |
About the Publisher | |