Stephen Marche
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Stephen Marche is a Canadian
author of sorts. In 2005, he received a doctorate in early modern English drama from the University of Toronto.
He currently writes a monthly column for Esquire
, "A Thousand Words about Our Culture". In 2011, this column was a finalist for the American Society of Magazine Editors award for columns and commentary.
On October 15, 2010, during election campaign season, the Toronto Globe and Mail published online a commentary by Marche throughout which he effusively taunted a candidate for mayor of Toronto for the man's obesity. For example, the opening line was "The mounds of fat that encircle" the man's "body like great deflated tires of defeat are truly unprecedented in Canadian politics". Within a day, after a public outcry that the column was too demeaning, it was pulled from the Globe and Mail's Website.
Marche's novel, Raymond and Hannah, was published in 2005. An anthology of short stories linked by a common plot element, Shining at the Bottom of the Sea (2007), was described by a professional peer thusly: it "may be the most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David Mitchell
's Cloud Atlas".
Canada
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author of sorts. In 2005, he received a doctorate in early modern English drama from the University of Toronto.
He currently writes a monthly column for Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, "A Thousand Words about Our Culture". In 2011, this column was a finalist for the American Society of Magazine Editors award for columns and commentary.
On October 15, 2010, during election campaign season, the Toronto Globe and Mail published online a commentary by Marche throughout which he effusively taunted a candidate for mayor of Toronto for the man's obesity. For example, the opening line was "The mounds of fat that encircle" the man's "body like great deflated tires of defeat are truly unprecedented in Canadian politics". Within a day, after a public outcry that the column was too demeaning, it was pulled from the Globe and Mail's Website.
Marche's novel, Raymond and Hannah, was published in 2005. An anthology of short stories linked by a common plot element, Shining at the Bottom of the Sea (2007), was described by a professional peer thusly: it "may be the most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David Mitchell
David Mitchell (author)
David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist. He has written five novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.- Biography :...
's Cloud Atlas".