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Late in the Day
. Late in the Day is the title of this collection of the poems and effects composed during the year 2014 by John Robert Colombo. As well as the texts of 101 poems, the collection includes diary entries that focus … Continue reading
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Gurdjieff in His Own Words
A Review of Paul Beekman Taylor’s “Gurdjieff’s Worlds of Words” by John Robert Colombo It has been some time since I have taken up the mantle of the reviewer. Half a year ago I laid the mantle to one side, … Continue reading
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Slideshow with music bed
This is a collection of covers for books published relatively recently by authors John Robert Colombo and Ruth Colombo. (In the case of the Sax Rohmer’s Sumuru, JRC contributed the foreword.) The covers were designed by Bill Andersen, in collaboration … Continue reading
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Uncommonplaces
The subtitle of Uncommonplaces is “New Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo.” There are more than 3,400 original aphorisms and surprising aphoristic expressions, as well as a separate section which offers close to 300 more aphorisms which attempt to describe those … Continue reading
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Sisters Agonistes
Sisters Agonistes is the overall title of a trilogy of three volumes of dramatic poetry written in epic vein by Ruth Colombo. The individual titles of the volumes in the trilogy are Sisters of Elysium, Sisters of Earth, and Sisters … Continue reading
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Ghosts Over Canada now on Kindle
John Robert Colombo has been called “Canada’s Mr. Mystery” for such publications as Mysterious Canada. Over the years he has edited three dozen compilations of descriptions of weird events and odd experiences recorded by Canadians of all walks of life, … Continue reading
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A Rohmer Miscellany
My latest publication is titled A Rohmer Miscellany and it is a modest contribution to the study of popular fiction, to the appreciation of mystery and detective fiction, and to the enjoyment of the seventy-odd books written by Sax Rohmer, … Continue reading
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A One-Volume-Frye
For the last ten years friends of mine have been listening to me describe this “work in progress.” The work is The Northrop Frye Quote Book, and while it took a decade to research and compile, it has finally appeared … Continue reading
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Colombo’s Latest Book of Poems
A World of Differences is the title of the latest collection of poetry written by John Robert Colombo. It is a trade paperback, 6″ x 9″, 300 pages in length. It brings together the “poems and effects” composed by this … Continue reading
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Three Videos of Poems
I am grateful to Kristin Somborac of Somborac Productions, an independent film and television production company based in Toronto, for commissioning, on behalf of the Bravo specialty network (owned by Bell Media), animated versions of three of my poems. (This … Continue reading
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Jon Woodson’s “Oragean Modernism”
A Review by John Robert Colombo In some ways I am the ideal person to review this book. In other ways I am the least equipped person to review it. So let me draw attention to my strengths and then … Continue reading
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Four Hundred Years of Rob Sawyer
Three guest speakers — author/anthologist John Robert Colombo, Quebec novelist Elisabeth Vonarburg, and New York editor Robert G. Hartwell — pose with celebrated, Toronto-based author Robert J. Sawyer at the conference held in his honour and titled “Science Fiction: The … Continue reading
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The Road to Mecca
John Robert Colombo offers some comments on Muhammad Asad’s “The Road to Mecca” The books that I review are generally newly published, current titles. Yet it is often forgotten that books constitute news, and the novelty of interesting books and … Continue reading
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The largest collection of its kind ever published
There are over 1,000 jokes and anecdotes in John Robert Colombo’s latest book. So it’s a big tome, over 450 pages in length, and the compilation is entirely devoted to Canadian humour and lore. The jokes are arranged by topic … Continue reading
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The Eighth Volume!
For the last seven years I have been issuing “poetry annuals.” (An “annual” is a collection of all the “poems and effects” that I wrote the previous year.) A Standing Wave is the title of the eighth volume in this … Continue reading
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John Robert Colombo reviews “Higher Being Bodies” and “A Stopinder Anthology”
These days I am proving to be a highly irregular reviewer of books. The last book that I reviewed was a critical study of the writings of my late friend Judith Merril, the American-Canadian “science fiction personality” (as she styled … Continue reading →