Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Mirolla


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Sam Sailor Talk! 01:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Michael Mirolla

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WP:BLP of a writer, which just states that he exists and then lists his books, without claiming or reliably sourcing anything that would get him over WP:AUTHOR. And on a Google News search, I find a few glancing namechecks of his existence in community weekly newspapers, but nothing that would satisfy WP:GNG. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 15:14, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. GSS  (talk) 16:59, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. GSS  (talk) 16:59, 24 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete we can not have articles that have as their only source the subject's own website.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:47, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I have added two references plus an interview. I have also found several book reviews I also found. With significant coverage across multiple sources the subject passes WP:GNG. Also, the author won the Brissani award for his novel Berlin in 2010. The subject has achieved notability.  Zpeopleheart (talk) 23:48, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:NAUTHOR and WP:GNG, there are mulitple reviews of his works, presume that will be including them in a reception section of the article as it has a 'major edit' tag, otherwise will include them here later on. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:32, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, needs independent RS sourcing, if you can find it. Certainly would make your case much stronger for keep. Kierzek (talk) 02:19, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, here are reviews i have found online (some short but sweet:)):-
 * Publishers Weekly of The Facility - "Canadian poet and author Mirolla (Berlin) mixes theology, cloning, and Beckettlike absurdist alienation in this odd novel. .. Mirolla's fractured narrative, switching among the first- and third-person perspectives of multiple Faustos, parallels the division between mind and body, between technology and nature, and between what we can do and what we should do.", The Giulio Metaphysics III - "The Italian-born Canadian writer Mirolla (The Ballad of Martin B) interjects and argues with his protagonist, some sections unfold in film or dramatic form, and the story moves in a decidedly surrealistic direction, but the writing is always wry and artful. Though neither easy to follow nor totally coherent, this is an exuberant and often beautiful book.", Torp - "Love, death, mystery, and curiosity swirl together in this genre-defying novel from Mirolla (The House on 14th Avenue). .. Mirolla leads readers into questions about what makes someone evil, the nature of right and wrong, and how people can be influenced by others. A late shift in narrative style, integrating Guilio's journal, is jarring, but Mirolla's vivid writing and the psychological intrigue will pull readers through to the last page.", Berlin - "When ex-stationary engineer Giulio Chiavetta disappears from a Montreal psychiatric clinic, his doctor, Wilhelm Ryle, looks into Chiavetta’s psyche for clues in this offbeat novel from Mirolla (The Boarder ). .. Fans of the bizarre films of David Lynch are the most likely to enjoy this curious book.";
 * Kirkus Reviews of Lessons in Relationship Dyads - "Duos of all kinds knock up against one another in this collection from Mirolla (The Giulo Metaphysics III, 2013, etc.). .. There is much to admire about a good formal constraint, a collection with a tight unifying theme, thematic subheadings, use of artifacts, and metafictional flourishes. But while this collection includes all of these elements and more, the result is less high-wire artistry and more fragmented mess. Occasionally there is a lovely detail, a paragraph of character and action, or an interesting thought, but then everything—including the relationships that should be the beating hearts of the stories—is washed away by the author’s voice. ... A muddled, undercooked collection that does not live up to the promise of its conceit.";
 * Maple Tree Literary Supplement of Berlin - "Michael Mirolla has been around the infrastructure surrounding writing for sometime now. .. is an odd, unsettling and nightmarish book. .. Mirolla achieves the transitions between the real and surreal with ease. It is a mark of his strength as a writer that he makes it appear effortless. Furthermore the novel reads like an ideological primer on postmodern fiction .. Both the reader and Chiavetta are left hanging in more ways than one. The mad, in short, is leading the mad without a clear past or a definable future; there is only the confused present.";
 * Quill & Quire of Berlin - "Berlin, from Toronto writer Michael Mirolla, is an ambitious novel concerned with, among many other things, the nature of identity, the weight of history, the significance of catastrophe, and the legacies of both fascism and communism. It is, unfortunately, more ambitious than successful. .. More problematic than the language, however, is the sense that the novel is trying too hard,", Torp - "In his new novel, writer and publisher Michael Mirolla uses the 1970 FLQ crisis as the backdrop for a story about two young people caught up in a relationship they cannot control – one of equal parts passion, mystery, violence, and enderness. .. Mirolla has a keen eye for the dynamics of his characters, .. The book suffers, however, from pacing problems as Mirolla struggles to figure out which scenes to linger on. .. Having said that, Mirolla writes with great passion, and his novel will appeal to anyone possessed of a nostalgic interest in this tumultuous period in Canada’s history.";
 * Event Poetry and Prose of The House on 14th Avenue - "Through provisional portraits, these collections by Michael Crummey, Michael Mirolla and Stephanie McKenzie focus on journey and ekphrasis in different ways. ..Consider me beyond surprised — closer to brain numbed. If the intention (as with the annoying frequent use of ellipses) is for the reader to slow down to reconsider, it is not without its negative consequences. However, the number of adjectives, or perhaps my distaste for them, seems to diminish as the book continues. .. Like Crummey, Mirolla is excellent with lists and clever elisions, such as ‘grim (f )utility.’ In the poems about his dead father, I was reminded of Sharon Olds’s The Father and her earlier works,";
 * SF Site of New Wave of Speculative Fiction: The What If Factor which contains Inside/Out - "In New Wave of Speculative Fiction, some of the stories are like fine art. Michael Mirolla's "Inside/Out" and Sean Wright's "The Numberist" come to mind. To me, they were like paintings you have to stare at for awhile to start to grasp their depth." Coolabahapple (talk) 16:25, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Keep, based on Coolabahapple's finding above; do add accordingly to the article. Kierzek (talk) 16:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  16:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * keep concur with User:Coolabahapple, enough RS attention has been paid to to clear the WP:AUTHOR bar.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2016 (UTC)


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