My mom took a printmaking course at Three Schools of Art. The same night, my aunt M and I studied pottery with the brilliant Isolde who knew my grandmother and had a live/work studio in a basement in the Markham … Continue reading
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Derek Newman-Stille interviewed me for his multi-award winning Speculating Canada site. Spec Can: What have you been up to during the COVID-19 outbreak? Ursula Pflug: Folks have told me they feel as though they are living in one of my … Continue reading
Where Do You Plant A Seed Someone Gave You In A Dream? The stories in my new collection Seeds span decades in my life and include one of my earliest fiction publications. “Judy” was published in This Magazine in 1983. … Continue reading
I last read at the Rower’s Pub Series in 2008 or ‘9, when it actually took place at the Rower’s Pub on Harbord Street in the Annex. I read from After the Fires, my Tightrope Books story collection. Poet David … Continue reading
My first New York apartment was on 5th Street between 1st and 2nd. It was a ground floor railroad flat with a bathroom and kitchen, and the rent, inclusive, was less than I was paying at the time in a … Continue reading