The buzz for Norm Sibum's novel—a 700-page chunk of prose called The Traymore Rooms—has already started. But the publicity photo (above) by Montreal photographer Leslie Schachter is a remarkable event all on its own. I recruited some friends to help explain why.
Jason Guriel:
He looks like character from an August Kleinzahler poem—an old saloon type.Nyla Matuk:
Looks like someone the Coen brothers would dream up if they did a movie about CanLit.
He looks like John Brown hiding in a Confederate mop closet.Evan Jones.
Looking at this picture, I think of Oscar Wilde's words after visiting Walt Whitman in Camden, New Jersey, in 1882: "The kiss of Walt Whitman is still on my lips."
5 comments:
Mark Twain lives.
If Nietszche and Wyatt Earp had a love child
I meant 'Nietzsche.' Dang it/ sheisse!
I'm the photographer who took the photo for The Link. I met the reporter at a restaurant in NDG in Montreal. When Mr. Sibum arrived he walked right up to the waitress' station and poured himself a cup of coffee. I think he's a regular over there :) It was a fun, quick shoot!
It's a great photo, Leslie. Sorry for not crediting you sooner.
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