![]() In the introduction to Poached Egg on Toast (2004), a representative collection of her short fiction, Frances Itani wrote: "No matter what the story, my interest is in the human condition, the perpetually amazing range of struggles and delights that make up human behaviour." A cool, even tone and a concentration upon the significance of ordinary people and everyday events are characteristic of her work. Her early work included three slim collections of poetry, No Other Lodgings (1979), Rentee Bay (1983) and A Season of Mourning (1988) a story for children, Linger by the Sea (1979) and a number of short stories, a form that has continued to attract Itani throughout her writing career. MITCHELL and decided to take up writing full time. ![]() After studying, practising and teaching nursing for a number of years, Frances Itani took a creative writing course with W. ![]() ![]() Frances Itani, novelist, short story writer, poet (b at Belleville, Ont ). ![]()
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