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Richard’s limited series podcast, Natural Life, is an intimate and unexpectedly honest documentary on his cousin, who is serving a life sentence without parole in Michigan. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Richard Kelly Kemick’s story “This All Brings Me to Now” appears in the Autumn 2016 issue of The Fiddlehead. He has been published in literary magazines and journals across Canada and the United States, most recently in The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Carte Blanche, and Tin House.
- Seasons of Change
- 'All Writing Is Betrayal'
- A Character of Oneself
Four winters have passed since I wrote that essay, and a few things have changed: 1) To increase my village's diversity, I have nestled a Chinese restaurant between my chocolatier and community theatre. 2) Department 56 (the pre-eminent Christmas village manufacturer) has expanded its catalogue into other genres, such as Harry Potter Village, Marga...
I wrote the piece at the Banff Centre as part of its Literary Journalism program. Arriving there, I was terrified that my cohort wouldn't like me. They were penning stories about literati arms dealers or outlaw uncles or the line between art and propaganda in Soviet Russia. I couldn't seem to write a simple sentence without my heart dripping onto t...
And then, there is that boy I wrote about in my Walrusessay—the 14-year-old who had started his own Christmas village. He's still on Facebook and has only marginally increased his security settings, so after four—closer to five—years, I re-creep his page, beginning from the date I had left off. At first, my primal fears were proved correct; a few C...
Nov 13, 2015 · Playing God. I sold my wife’s clothes to build a Christmas village in my parents’ basement. June 2024. Richard Kelly Kemick (richardkemick.com) is a writer and a graduate student at the University of Calgary.
Both stories are about protagonists at the tail-end of failing relationships who find solace among canine companions; both begin with an ending (Kemick: “The last thing my wife and I did together…”
A missing dog and a wolf pack. Story: Richard Kelly Kemick. The East Vancouver house is on a street named for the island city where elderly couples go to die. I had wanted to spend July camping, but my wife Litia insisted we dog-sit for her family friend. “It’s only for four weeks,” she said. “You’ll have fun.”
Dec 17, 2015 · Richard Kelly Kemick admits, he has become obsessed with his tiny Christmas village. A young Calgary man has meticulously turned a tiny gift from his mom, into a huge holiday wonderland.
