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Lesley Choyce : Comments by Writers and Critics


Comments


  • Choyce has a feeling for the young and dispossessed, for the terrible angst of adolescence and the rituals of rebellion.
    The Globe and Mail
  • Stunning originality and lyrical brilliance.
    The Vancouver Sun
  • He risks everything.
    The Calgary Herald
  • His body of work defies categorization.
    Macleans
  • A national treasure.
    Ottawa Citizen
  • Nova Scotia's answer to the Renaissance man.
    Peter Gzowski, CBC Radio
  • He looks just like Keith Richards.
    Vicki Gabareau, CBC Radio
  • Who knows what he'll concoct next.
    St. John Evening Telegram
  • Thoreau in our midst.
    Toronto Star
  • Skip the scandal sheets and pick up Lesley Choyce.
    Kingston Whig-Standard
  • Life enhancing, life celebrating.
    Quill and Quire
  • Lesley Choyce has an avalanche of fans.
    The Halifax Daily News
  • There is a kind of Zen peacefulness to his cyclical interpretation of history.
    The Edmonton Journal
  • Controlled, fluid, wry and passionate, Choyce is the consummate professional.
    Halifax Daily News
  • Like Stephen Leacock meets Shirley MacLaine.
    The Globe and Mail


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