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Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as an author for her seven books about her journeys to remote Native communities and stories about life as an artist, as a small child in Victoria at the turn of the last century—and as a reluctant landlady.
Before winning recognition for her painting and writing, Carr built a small apartment building with four suites (she lived in one of them) that she hoped would earn her a living. But things turned out worse than expected, and in her forties, the gifted artist found herself shoveling coal and cleaning up after people for 23 years.
The House of All Sorts is a collection of 41 stories of those hard-working days and the parade of tenants- young couples, widows, sad bachelors and rent evaders— all the tears and travails of being a landlady confronted with the startling foibles of humanity. Carr is at her most acerbic and rueful, but filled with energy and inextinguishable hope.
Carr’s writing is vital and direct, aware and poignant, and as well regarded today as when The House of All Sorts was first published in 1944 to critical and popular acclaim. The book has been in print ever since.
Before winning recognition for her painting and writing, Carr built a small apartment building with four suites (she lived in one of them) that she hoped would earn her a living. But things turned out worse than expected, and in her forties, the gifted artist found herself shoveling coal and cleaning up after people for 23 years.
The House of All Sorts is a collection of 41 stories of those hard-working days and the parade of tenants- young couples, widows, sad bachelors and rent evaders— all the tears and travails of being a landlady confronted with the startling foibles of humanity. Carr is at her most acerbic and rueful, but filled with energy and inextinguishable hope.
Carr’s writing is vital and direct, aware and poignant, and as well regarded today as when The House of All Sorts was first published in 1944 to critical and popular acclaim. The book has been in print ever since.
About the author
Emily Carr was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1871, and died there in 1945. She studied art in San Francisco, London and Paris. Except for a period of fifteen years when she was discouraged by the reception to her work, she was a commited painter. After 1927, when she was encouraged by the praise of the Group of Seven, interest in her paintings grew and she gained recognition as one of Canada’s most gifted artists. Now, nearly sixty years after her death, her reputation continues to grow.
Susan Musgrave is a critically acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist, columnist, reviewer, editor and non-fiction writer. She has been nominated, and has received awards, for her poetry, fiction, non-fiction, personal essays and children's writing, as well as for her work as an editor. She is a four-time finalist for the Governor-General’s Award, and in 1996 received the Tilden (CBC/Saturday Night) Canadian Literary Award for Poetry and the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Editor's Award.
Musgrave has published three novels, fifteen collections of poems, four children’s books and two books of non-fiction. Her most recent novel is Cargo of Orchids (Random House in. U.S., Knopf in Canada), her most recent collection of poetry is What the Small Day Cannot Hold: Collected Poems 1970–1985 (Beach Holme, 2000), and her non-fiction is Great Musgrave and Musgrave Landing: Musings on the Writing Life. She has also edited three anthologies: Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls, You Be Me: Friendships in the Lives of Teen Girls and Certain Things About My Mother: Daughters Speak. In addition, she writes a monthly column for The Ottawa Citizen and Focus on Women.
Susan Musgrave’s writing appears in many anthologies, including The Norton Introduction to Literature (1994); Fever: Sensual Stories by Women Writers (Harcourt Brace, 1994); Without a Guide: Contemporary Women's Travel Adventure (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1994); Best American Erotica (Simon & Schuster, 1995); Best American Poetry (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 1995).
Susan Musgrave is a critically acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist, columnist, reviewer, editor and non-fiction writer. She has been nominated, and has received awards, for her poetry, fiction, non-fiction, personal essays and children's writing, as well as for her work as an editor. She is a four-time finalist for the Governor-General’s Award, and in 1996 received the Tilden (CBC/Saturday Night) Canadian Literary Award for Poetry and the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Editor's Award.
Musgrave has published three novels, fifteen collections of poems, four children’s books and two books of non-fiction. Her most recent novel is Cargo of Orchids (Random House in. U.S., Knopf in Canada), her most recent collection of poetry is What the Small Day Cannot Hold: Collected Poems 1970–1985 (Beach Holme, 2000), and her non-fiction is Great Musgrave and Musgrave Landing: Musings on the Writing Life. She has also edited three anthologies: Nerves Out Loud: Critical Moments in the Lives of Seven Teen Girls, You Be Me: Friendships in the Lives of Teen Girls and Certain Things About My Mother: Daughters Speak. In addition, she writes a monthly column for The Ottawa Citizen and Focus on Women.
Susan Musgrave’s writing appears in many anthologies, including The Norton Introduction to Literature (1994); Fever: Sensual Stories by Women Writers (Harcourt Brace, 1994); Without a Guide: Contemporary Women's Travel Adventure (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1994); Best American Erotica (Simon & Schuster, 1995); Best American Poetry (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 1995).
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