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Brian Gabriel Canever

Writer of True and Imagined Stories

Category: Essays

Can My 9-Month Old American Daughter Love Everton?

Posted on December 4, 2020January 24, 2021 by Brian Canever

Originally published for Toffeeweb It wasn’t quite déjà vu or nostalgia, but as we sat there watching as Everton Ladies… Read more Can My 9-Month Old American Daughter Love Everton?

Inheriting a Love for the Outdoors

Posted on October 15, 2020January 24, 2021 by Brian Canever

Originally published for Latino Outdoors I was 7 years old the first time I watched my dad clean a catfish.… Read more Inheriting a Love for the Outdoors

fly fishing

Discovering Peace on the River

Posted on August 13, 2020December 4, 2020 by Brian Canever

Originally published for Tenkara Angler My dad told the story again in late June in Jonathan’s workshop, with saltwater, spin,… Read more Discovering Peace on the River

My Hero, Batistuta

Posted on April 7, 2020February 1, 2021 by Brian Canever

I was in eighth grade at PS 14. In Mrs. Squittieri’s history class we had been reading excerpts from The… Read more My Hero, Batistuta

My Favorite Longform Journalism of 2018

Posted on January 6, 2019August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

At least since 2016, journalism has been in the spotlight. Despite what you may have heard, there are hardworking reporters… Read more My Favorite Longform Journalism of 2018

The Most Important Things

Posted on March 11, 2018August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

“He lay there holding her. It had been hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon in February, and as the hours… Read more The Most Important Things

The Phantom Punch

Posted on September 4, 2016April 5, 2020 by Brian Canever

The punch came from an angle he had never expected. The boxer didn’t actually see it as it landed just above… Read more The Phantom Punch

The Inconspicuous Return

Posted on June 16, 2016April 5, 2020 by Brian Canever

“I’m starting to get the feeling, more and more, to come back…It’s like a knife that I have to keep… Read more The Inconspicuous Return

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