On Writing #88 : Lillian Necakov

Writing is a Hyena

Lillian Necakov

chasing you down every single day of your life

it’s an albatross

a disease

a hero

a regret

a sorrow

a mistake

a yearning

an ache

a delight

a love

a brutality

an echo

a lie

a path

a curse

a life.

Lillian Necakov has been writing and publishing for over 30 years. She is the author of Sickbed of Dogs, Wolsak and Wynn, 1989, Polaroids, Coach House Books, 1997, Hat Trick, Exile Editions, 1998, The Bone Broker, Mansfield Press, 2007 and Hooligans, Mansfield Press 2011, The Lake Contains an Emergency Room, Apt. 9 Press, 2015. During the 80’s she sold her books on the streets of Toronto.

Lillian runs the Boneshaker Reading Series in Toronto.