winter windows season winter windows season non fiction book written book chapters delivered hour lecture discussing artistic portrayals winter impact culture societies polar exploration winter recreation lecture held different canadian city montreal october halifax october october vancouver october ending toronto october book published lectures broadcast ideas november raised montreal worked staff writer new_yorker magazine new_york_city selected winter general topic spent nearly year preparing lectures background selected deliver annual week long series lectures political cultural philosophical topic given canada noted scholar chosen panel representatives organizations responsible coordinating lectures 50th anniversary lectures coincide 75th anniversary ideas executive producer contacted email inform panel decision ask accept time living new_york_city working staff writer new_yorker magazine previously authored books different topics successful paris moon collection essays published read email waiting bus madison avenue later stated end minute bus ride selected topic good idea issues address understanding canadian culture born philadelphia lived montreal ages wanted topic relevant canadians universal appeal winter winter appeared theme setting previous writings especially looked forward talking ice hockey spent year researching writing book alongside non fiction book working time table comes family france book released shortly winter contained identical sentence content chapters consider different aspect winter chapter romantic winter describes winter portrayed point view artists writers according view winter changed time overcome glass windows coal heating cold factors nationalism religion technology changed social view winter portrayed bleak bitter sweet sublime second chapter radical winter recounts history polar expeditions including winter reviews cultural social history winter festivals holidays modern christmas compound holiday merging elements numerous societies traditions beliefs moral foundations established celebratory elements established 1870s argues stress anxiety holiday 1920s recreational winter winter sports like ice hockey evolution ice skating identified dutch bringing concept england origin hockey traced particular neighbourhood montreal 1800s portrays winter sports preparation pleasure contrast summer sports impulse final chapter remembering winter discusses ways human experience winter changing technological architectural innovations global warming memory style themes chapters written read lectures reviewers referred essays distinction essay written read lecture meant spoken keeps rhythm speech tried possible lack polish new_yorker essays lectures tone common references meant appeal audience designed profound significant academic reviewer observer described writing designed maintain constant flame curiosity lecture room shut cold book called season believes central theme writes winter started thing ended time hold reviewer describes guiding metaphor approach winter ice wine sweetness stress perceived benefits winter come directly hardships brings identifies simple ideas govern unite lectures view inside provide better developed idea outside second winter continues human need consistently organize world publication reception book published released september chapters lectures delivered locations canada chapter delivered montreal october second halifax october october fourth vancouver centre october final chapter royal music university toronto october october recited passages promoted book excerpt published october edition magazine reviewers variously described book interesting charming fascinating prose thoughtful slow review stated dense material humor makes concepts accessible modern day comparisons said reads smoothly effectively demonstrates knowledge research subject concluding chapter recreational winter sports passionate globe_and_mail found remembering winter chapter cultural social memories winter personal poignant entertaining highly recommended book book published united_kingdom november london based independent publishing house review daily_telegraph concluded flashes brilliance sense time time comes statements look sound good pieces originally delivered lectures don stand analysis reviewer cited examples like illustrations people display coming cold isolated feelings downhill reviewer similar examples occur temperate climates reviewed book sunday_times writing writer subjects diverse find original interesting worth reading
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